Schoolboy protester dies in Iran after reportedly being shot at close range

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Friday, 21 October, 2022, 14:36

A 17-year-old schoolboy has died in Iran’s second largest city, Mashhad, after reportedly being shot at close range by state forces during anti-government protests.

Abolfazl Adinezadeh’s death certificate showed that he died of liver and kidney damage caused by birdshot, according to a BBC Persian report. A doctor was cited as estimating the distance from which the teenager was shot on 8 October as less than 1 metre.

Iranian security forces killed 17 y/o protester by shotgun at point-blank range in northeastern city of Mashhad on Oct 8th, according to BBC Persian sources.#Abolfazl_Adinezadeh was shot from less than a metre distance, sources quoted his doctor.
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— Parham Ghobadi (@BBCParham) October 20, 2022