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Iran mosque blast kills 12, injures 200

Tehran trashes sabotage claim

AFP, AP, Tehran
Twelve people were killed and at least 202 wounded when an explosion ripped through a packed mosque in Iran's southern city of Shiraz during prayers by a prominent cleric, officials said yesterday.
Uncertainty surrounded the cause of Saturday evening's blast, which some officials insisted was an accident but others said could have been caused by a bomb.
The massive explosion in the men's section of the mosque took place at around 9:00 pm (1630 GMT) during an evening prayer
sermon by prominent local cleric Mohammad Anjavinejad, Iranian media reported.
Iran's official news agency says that police believe an explosion that ripped through a packed mosque in the city of Shiraz was not intentionally set.
The IRNA news agency reports that Gen. Ali Moayyedi’s investigation found remnants of ammunition from a military exhibition recently held at the mosque. Moayyedi says he rejects the possibility of an intentional bombing and that the leftover ammunition could have caused it
A police official said Saturday that a homemade bomb caused the explosion. Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said Sunday that no group has claimed responsibility.
TWelve people were killed and 202 wounded, the governor of the local Fars province, whose name was given as Rezazadch, told state television.
"The incident could have happened as a result of negligence. A while ago at this site there was an exhibition commemorating the (1980-1988) Iran-Iraq war," provincial police chief Commander Ali Moayeri told the Fars news agency.
"The munitions left at the site could have caused this explosion." he added. The agency said he ruled out an act of sabotage.
Television pictures showed shards of glass and piles of debris inside the mosque and huge crowds gathered to await news of loved ones. Casualties, their clothes soaked with blood, filled local hospitals
"Last night's incident... was definitely an accident. We are studying the cause, but as of now but main reason is not clear." Deputy Interior Minister Abbas Mohtaj told the Mehr news agency.
Other sources indicated that the possibility of a militant attack had not been ruled out. however