Iran revises down blasts death toll to 84
Region
- 04 January, 2024
- 10:59
İranian authorities on Thursday said twin blasts in the country's south killed 84 people the previous day, revising down an earlier toll from the explosions at a top general's commemoration, Report informs via foreign media.
Tehran's official news agency IRNA quoted Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi as saying that "according to forensic statistics, the number of martyrs from this incident has been announced as 84 so far".
The revised death toll was also confirmed by the head of Iran's emergency services, Jafar Miadfar, who said the earlier tally of 95 killed was due to the fact that some bodies had been dismembered and counted "several times".
Miadfar said 284 had been injured in the terrorist attack in the southern city of Kerman.
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