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At least 27 dead in suicide attack on Iranian mosque

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A suicide attack on a mosque in south—eastern Iran killed at least 27 people and injured 167, the local governor said on Friday.

Two bombings took place late Thursday at the grand mosque in Zahedan, the capital of Sistan—Beluchistan province. The bombs went off within minutes of each other at the mosque’s gate.

Governor Ali—Mohammad Azad told state television that because many of the injured were in critical condition, the death toll could increase.

The radical Sunni group Jundollah, meaning Soldiers of God, claimed responsibility for the bombing as retaliation for the execution last month of its leader Abdolmalik Rigi.

Among those killed were members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps stationed nearby.

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