State TV: Gunmen attack military parade in Iran’s Ahvaz

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Several people have been killed after unknown gunmen opened fire during a military parade in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz, state television reported.

“Several gunmen began shooting from behind the stand during the parade. There are several killed and injured,” a correspondent told state television.

The parade was marking the start of the Iran-Iraq War, which lasted between 1980 and 1988.

The report Saturday described the assailants as “Takifiri gunmen,” a term previously used to describe the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group.

State television showed images of the immediate aftermath. In it, paramedics could be seen helping someone in military fatigues laying on the ground. Other armed security personnel shouted at each other in front of what appeared to be a viewing stand for the parade.

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