October 18-2013
Family members threw a hand grenade inside an Iranian prison, leaving 28 people injured, in an abortive attempt to prevent an execution, state media reported on Monday.
“During the carrying out of a death sentence, family members of a convict launched a grenade attack in Ilam central prison, which led to the injuries,” the official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) quoted the western province’s police chief, Colonel Ali Dolati, as saying.
Dolati said prison staff were among the injured.
He said security personnel overpowered and arrested the assailants before they could detonate a second hand grenade.
IRNA reported that the hanging then went ahead. The prisoner had been convicted of murder.