The shooting occurred in a remote rural area and resulted from a domestic dispute. (representative)
In a rare mass shooting in Iran, a 30-year-old man killed 12 relatives, including his father and brother, state media reported on Saturday.
They said the unidentified man, who was armed with a Kalashnikov assault rifle, was later shot dead by security forces in the south-central province of Kerman.
They said the shooting took place in a remote rural area and was the result of a domestic dispute. They did not elaborate.
Mass killings are rare in Iran, where shotguns are the only weapons people are allowed to own. Two years ago, a fired employee at a state agency in western Iran shot and killed three people and wounded five others before taking his own life.
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