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Two Iranian students injured in shooting

Two Iranian students were wounded when bandits opened fire on their bus in oil-rich Khuzestan province as they toured sites from the war with Iraq, the Mehr news agency reported on Friday.

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  • Published: 00:55 March 30, 2008
  • Gulf News

Tehran: Two Iranian students were wounded when bandits opened fire on their bus in oil-rich Khuzestan province as they toured sites from the war with Iraq, the Mehr news agency reported on Friday.

The pair, who were on a state-organised trip, were taken to hospital after the shooting on Thursday evening, local official Mohammad Taghi Khademi was quoted as saying.

The area was locked down and a number of people arrested, said Khademi.

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