[News] Hadis Najafi: Iran police fire on mourners for female protester - witnesses

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Iranian security forces have opened fire on crowds near Tehran marking the 40th day of mourning for a woman shot dead while protesting, witnesses say.

Videos showed thousands walking along roads to reach the grave in Karaj of Hadis Najafi, who has become a symbol of the anti-government unrest in Iran.

State-run media say "rioters" killed a militiaman and injured 10 police.

But witnesses told the BBC that security forces attacked protesters with shotguns, tear gas and machetes.

"They [security forces] were firing birdshot at people," said one person living in an area where there were clashes. "They stabbed a protester with a machete after he fell to the ground, already hit with birdshot."

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