Rare Stabbing at Iranian Shrine Kills Muslim Cleric, Injures Two Others

 

In a very rare act of violence at the Imam Reza Shrine, Iran's largest Shiite mosque in Mashad and a major pilgrimage site, a 21-year-old ethnic Uzbek Sunni jihadist who entered the country illegally from Afghanistan stabbed three Muslim clerics, killing one in its open courtyard. See Full Story>