An unidentified person wielding a knife attacked two students of the seminary at the shrine and mausoleum of Imam Reza in the Iranian city of Mashhad, the Fars News Agency has reported.
The attacker was quickly apprehended by the shrine's security service and arriving police, but the assailant still managed to injure two visitors to the mausoleum, the Tasnim News Agency said. They were taken to a local hospital, while the assailant was arrested.
Mashhad Deputy Governor Mohsen Davari said the attack is currently under investigation, but said he had no details about the incident to share with the public at the moment. The motives of the attack so far remain unknown.
The assault in the place of worship, popular with Shiites in Iran, came on the third day of the holy month of Ramadan during which Muslims around the world are fasting and praying. The pilgrimage to the shrine of Imam Reza is believed to ease the sorrows of a person and forgive their sins.