Two dead near Iran nuclear plant
December 15, 2003
The Age, Australia
At least two civilians were killed and 13 injured when anti-aircraft manoeuvres went wrong near a nuclear power plant being built in southern Iran.
Officials said the incident occurred when anti-aircraft cannon shells fired into the air during a drill failed to explode in the air as expected.
Instead, they shells plunged back to earth, exploding on impact with a minibus and a residential area.
The incident occurred in Bushehr, during a drill at a military airbase situated adjacent to the site where the Islamic republic's first nuclear power station is currently under construction.
Asghar Zareii, an official in the public relations office of Bushehr's governor-general said two people were killed and 13 were injured.
"But there are reports that the number of dead could be as high as seven," Zareii said, adding.
"We are investigating it".
Zareii said one of the dead was decapitated.
The two people known to have been killed, and most of the injured, were in the minibus.
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