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5 killed in explosion in research center in south of Iran

Xinhua, February 9, 2017 Adjust font size:

An explosion in a research center in Iran' southern port city of Bandar Abbas has claimed the lives of five people, Iran's state IRINN TV reported on Thursday.

In the incident in the agricultural research center, nine others were injured.

Electricity malfunction has been reported to be the cause of the incident. Endit