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Iranians bid farewell to martyrs of Shah Cheragh terrorist attack

Wednesday, 16 August 2023 8:35 AM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 16 August 2023 4:05 PM ]

Iranians hold a funeral procession for the victims of the terrorist attack on the Shah Cheragh shrine in the southern city of Shiraz on August 16, 2023. (Photo by Tasnim news agency)

Tens of thousands of Iranians have bid farewell to the victims of Sunday’s terrorist attack on the Shah Cheragh shrine in the southern city of Shiraz.

In a burial ceremony on Wednesday, people carried the bodies of Gholm Abbas Abbasi, a caretaker at the holy shrine, and Mohammad Jahnagiri, a member of its security personnel, from the city's Shohada (martyr) Square to the courtyard of the Shah Cheragh shrine.

The mourners carried posters in condemnation of blind terrorist acts by Daesh-linked groups and their Western sponsors.

Chanting slogans such as “Down with the US” and “Down with Israel,” they called for a decisive and regret-inducing response to all the perpetrators and masterminds of the deadly crime.

Wednesday had been designated as a day of public mourning in Iran’s Fars Province.

On Sunday, a terrorist from Tajikistan went on a shooting spree in the Shah Cheragh shrine, killing two and injuring seven people. He was immediately arrested and handed over to law-enforcement authorities.

The Daesh terrorist group claimed responsibility for the terrorist assault.

In a similar attack in October 2022, an armed terrorist killed 13 pilgrims and worshipers at the same shrine, including women and children, and wounded more than 20 others before he was shot and injured by security forces.

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