At least 35 people died in a stampede at a funeral for Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. strike, state television said
At least 35 people died and dozens were injured on Tuesday in a stampede at a funeral procession for a top Iranian general who was killed last week in a U.S. airstrike, Iranian state television said.
Another 48 were wounded in the panicked crowd in Iran’s Kerman province, where Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani was set to be buried on Tuesday. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the stampede.
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