Iran detains 20 more suspects in Shiraz shrine attack

Tehran (IANS). Iran has arrested 20 more suspects in connection with Sunday’s terrorist attack on the Shah Cheragh shrine in the southern province of Fars.

The suspects were arrested in Fars and other provinces, Xinhua news agency reported, citing Kazem Mousavi, chief judge of Fars province, as saying by the Mizan news agency.

Two people were killed and seven others were injured in Sunday’s attack.

The main suspect in the attack, a Tajik national, was immediately arrested by security forces at the scene.