A shooting in Iran left 12 people dead
A shooting in Iran left 12 people dead, all members of a family, after a man shot them with an assault rifle.
The shooting in Iran left 12 dead, and a 30 year old man is identified, among the victims are included his father and brother.
The events took place near the city of Kerman in Iran, official media reported on Saturday, February 17, in a mass shooting that is rare in the country.
The subject of the shooting in Iran that left 12 dead would have opened fire on these people without measuring anything.
The man, who was not identified, used a Kalashnikov assault rifle and later died after being shot by security forces in the south-central province of Kerman, media said.
The shooting in Iran left 12 dead, and the cause is unknown, was in a remote rural village over a family dispute, it was reported.
Mass killings are rare in Iran, where hunting rifles are the only weapons allowed to be owned.
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Two years ago, a fired employee of a state institution in western Iran shot dead three people and wounded five before killing himself.
Local media report occasional shootings, but this attack had the highest death toll in Iran, where citizens can only legally use hunting rifles, common in rural areas.
After the shooting in Iran that left 12 dead was shot by security forces in the south-central province of Kerman.
Mass killings are rare in Iran, where hunting rifles are the only weapons allowed to be owned.
Two years ago, a dismissed employee of a state institution in western Iran shot dead three people and wounded five before killing himself.
This village, where the events occurred, was in Iran’s Kerman province.
It had a population of 734 441 in 2011. The city is surrounded by mountains that make it enjoy different climates throughout the year.
About the province of Kerman
The northern part of the city is in a desert area, while the southern part of the city has a more moderate climate due to its higher altitude. The average altitude of the city is 1755 meters above sea level.
When the city fell into the hands of Aga Muhammad Khan, he had the entire male population of the city blinded or killed because of the support that the population had given to Lotf Ali Khan.
But for this deed, about 20,000 eyes were extracted and piled up in front of the victorious Aga Muhammad Khan.
Women and children were enslaved and the city was destroyed during the course of ninety days.
The city was rebuilt in the 19th century to the northwest of the ancient city; however, it did not regain its size until the 20th century.
Besides being the inescapable stage to the desert kaluts of Dasht-e Lut, the history of Kerman is long and ancient and its monuments are spectacular.
Its foundation is late compared to many other cities in Persia, but its importance during the last two millennia was greater.
It was originally a Sassanid military fortification founded by Ardeshir I in the third century BC The Arabs conquered it in 642 AD but later due to a certain isolation it was a nucleus of Zoroastrian groups (the Persian religion prior to the arrival of Islam) and the Khajirids, one of the Muslim branches along with the Shiites and Sunnis.
