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Bulletin
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By Matthew Cullen
A pair of bombs exploded into a crowd of people today at a commemoration for Iran’s former top general in the city of Kerman, Iranian officials said. At least 103 people were reported dead and another 211 wounded.
The attack sowed concern and pain in Iran, which has been under tension for more than a year due to divisions between the hardline government and much of its population. It also raised concerns of a confrontation spilling over into the Middle East, a day after an attack killed several Hamas operatives near the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
Iranian officials said the bombs were placed in bags along a road where a motorcade was headed to mark the fourth anniversary of the killing of Qassim Suleimani in a U. S. drone strike. Officials said the bombs gave the impression of having exploded via a remote control. On the scale of the explosions, the death toll will most likely rise.
Iran’s president seemed to blame the U.S. and Israel for the attack. But analysts said the blasts, which bore the hallmarks of terrorism, did not fit Israel’s usual methods. They said that while it was too soon to tell, there were numerous possibilities for who might have attacked the cemetery, including the Islamic State or Iranian separatist groups.
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