Posted on 01/03/2024 8:18:23 AM PST by bitt
More than 100 people were killed at an event honoring former Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani on Wednesday in what local authorities are calling a “terrorist” attack.
Thousands of Iranians had gathered at Soleimani’s gravesite in Kerman to mark the fourth anniversary of his death — carrying photos of the former head of the Revolutionary Guard’s elite Quds Force when authorities say two bombs went off.
The first explosion occurred just 700 meters from Soleimani’s grave, while the second was a kilometer away, Iranian national media reports.
Graphic video shared online later showed the crowds running away as emergency crews responded to the scene, with bodies lying in the ground.
The footage suggested that the second blast occurred some 15 minutes after the first — a tactic often used by terrorist groups to target emergency responders and increase the death toll.
The two bombs were reportedly placed in suitcases and detonated remotely.
“The blasts were caused by terrorist attacks,” one local official said. “Several gas canisters exploded on the road leading to the cemetery.”
The death toll from the explosions rose quickly Wednesday morning, with the head of Kerman’s emergency services telling state-run media it was at 103 by 10 a.m. EST.
Another 141 people were injured, he said.
Following the apparent attack, Iran’s Head of Judiciary, Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejei, said the perpetrators will be found and punished.
“The agents and perpetrators of this grievous crime will undoubtedly be punished,” Mohseni-Ejei said in a statement, according to Al-Jazeera.
“Responsible intelligence, security and law enforcement agencies are obligated to promptly pursue all the evidence and perpetrators and hand them over to the judiciary.”
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I am 100% sure that all of the participants were absolute pacifists. /s
Also, the islamofascistnazis used to employ this same strategy with Israeli funerals. They would murder someone, and then wait for the funeral to target more.
“terrorist attack”
Pretty rich coming from Iran.
It very likely is, the problem is they’ve surrounded themselves with enemies of their own making.
Yes, the mooselimbs brought it on themselves.
Ok, so what else is going on today
Maybe its one of the victims/slaves.
Could be a real threat of violence if she is connected to a. Democrat who went to the island and also was photographed elswhere.
, like in Arkansas, DC, Hamptons, Buckingham Palace, etc.
Aimed and missed, wrong post target.
Good!
Next time, BUILD BIGGER BOMBS!
I don’t think Brandon would approve of bombing the guys who pay him so much.
Gives a whole new meaning to “honor killings”. At least 103 at current rates.
Hmm.... so, who’s behind it? I wouldn’t put it past the Iranian government itself doing this to further incite the people against the Little and Great Satans. Otherwise the Mossad? Although it seems kind of sloppy for them, and unnecessarily randomly bloody.
Second bomb for the First Responders.
A Sunni terrorist tactic.
;-)
What goes around comes around. Hopefully they took out more of these bastards.
Can’t see how an explosion 700 meters from people killed so many - does not make sense. That - and a kilometer - are a long distance.
Something’s missing here.....
I don’t care who you are, that’s funny.
L
Soleimani.... “oversaw the production and mass smuggling into Iraq of improvised explosively formed penetrator (EFP) roadside bombs, which, according to American estimates, were used by the Iraqi insurgency to cause 500 deaths and over 21,000 injuries to American soldiers.”
and
“Soleimani was one of the masterminds, alongside Hezbollah’s Imad Mughniyeh, of the creation and maintenance of Hamas’ extensive tunnel warfare network in the Gaza Strip.
and
“Western experts have called Soleimani “a genius of asymmetric warfare” and “the Võ Nguyên Giáp of the Middle East””
Well he proved the judge was right to deny him bail. Dude in the suit got himself a piece of the action with a few punches. Amazing how the defendant leaped over the judges desk.
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