Tehran: A 30-year-old man shot and killed 12 of his family members with a Kalashnikov burst in Iran.
According to Arab media, this incident happened in a rural area of Kerman province of Iran. The madman fired shots at close range, killing all the people on the spot.
The head of Iran’s Ministry of Justice, Ibrahim Hamidi, told the media that instead of arresting the suspect, he also fired at the security forces, but the suspect himself was killed in the retaliatory fire.
The identity of the accused has not been revealed by the Iranian police and no information has been provided about those killed.
The police say that the motive behind this horrific incident of murder has not yet been ascertained, however, it is being said that the accused did it due to a family dispute.
On the other hand, the eyewitnesses told the media that the accused had a dispute with his father and brothers, but it was not expected that he could take this extreme step.
