Paris, Nov 4 (AFP\/APP):Up to 10 people, including children, are feared to have been killed Friday when Iranian security forces opened fire on protesters in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, Amnesty International said.<\/p>\n
Protests erupted after Friday prayers in the provincial capital of Zahedan but also in other areas of the sprawling border province, including the town of Khash to the south.<\/p>\n
Amnesty accused security forces of firing “live ammunition” from the rooftops of official buildings in Khash.<\/p>\n
“The crackdown is feared to have left up to 10 people, including children, dead and dozens more injured,” Amnesty said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The human rights group added it was “gravely concerned about further bloodshed amid internet disruptions and reports of authorities bringing more security forces to Khash from Zahedan”.<\/p>\n
“Iran’s authorities must immediately rein in security forces,” it said. Amnesty said it was working to identify those killed and the final toll could be higher. <\/p>\n
Norway-based group Iran Human Rights (IHR) posted video of bloodied victims being carried away and said “several had been killed and injured in Khash”, with security forces firing from rooftops.<\/p>\n
The official IRNA news agency said several police had been wounded by stone-throwing protesters who set fire to a police patrol post.<\/p>\n
Unrest erupted in the province two weeks into nationwide protests over the death of Mahsa Amini in Tehran on September 16 following her arrest by Iran’s morality police.<\/p>\n
The trigger was the alleged rape in custody of a 15-year-old-girl by a police commander in the province’s port city of Chabahar.<\/p>\n
Activists accuse Iranian security forces of massacring more than 80 people in a “bloody Friday” in Zahedan on September 30.<\/p>\n
IHR said in total more than 100 people have been killed in the wave of unrest in the province.<\/p>\n
Tensions rose further in Zahedan this week when a Shiite cleric was killed in what Iranian reports described as a drive-by shooting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Paris, Nov 4 (AFP\/APP):Up to 10 people, including children, are feared to have been killed Friday when Iranian security forces opened fire on protesters in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, Amnesty International said. Protests erupted after Friday prayers in the provincial capital of Zahedan but […]<\/p>\n
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