The amazingness that is 2024 continues!
BREAKING: 103 dead, 173 injured in Iran after explosives remotely detonated at cemetery where Qassem Soleimani is buried
A horrific terrorist attack occurred in Iran this morning at the cemetery where Qassem Soleimani is buried. The two explosions killed 103 people and injured 173 during an anniversary ceremony for Soleimani, who was assassinated by Trump and the US military in 2020.
From the reports, a duffel bag full of explosives was detonated at entrance of Kerman’s Martyrs’ Cemetery and then a second duffel bag of explosives was detonated targeting security forces organizing the ceremony.
I guess horrific is relative. Ironic seems more apropos: Soleimani had been taken out by a surgical strike that killed ten people in total; the people at the cemetery, gathered to commemorate Soleimani, ended up increasing hell's occupancy by an order of magnitude compared to Trump's operation. I see speculation as to whether this was a Mossad operation; counter-speculation suggests that Mossad doesn't normally operate this way, i.e., with a one-two punch of explosives meant to kill civilians, then kill rescuers. The strongest hypothesis is that this is some form of Muslim-on-Muslim violence.
UPDATE: Israeli noninvolvement seemingly confirmed here.
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