MOSCOW, June 3 (Sputnik) – The blast reportedly went off at around 1:00 a.m. local time, smashing windows in nearby stores. Iranian media initially put the number of casualties at 15.
Footage from the scene posted on Twitter showed white smoke rising from the building.
15 injured in an explosion at a commercial district in #Iran's city of #Shiraz, Fars Province, reason unknown https://t.co/X0Z8QWjOCy
— SaadAbedine (@SaadAbedine) 2 июня 2017 г.
Earlier in the day, ambulance service chief Mohammad Ali Manesh said 32 people were injured in the explosion.
"The number of those injured has reached 32, of those 15 have been hospitalized. They are all in stable condition. The cause of the shopping mall explosion is not known yet," Mohammad Ali Manesh said.
#BREAKING
— ersin (@e_sklt) 2 июня 2017 г.
Reports of casualties after an apparent explosion at a market in #Shiraz, #Iran. pic.twitter.com/3LPPVn5peg
