Man shoots dead 12 relatives in Iran: state media

TEHRAN, Feb 18 (AFP): A man killed 12 of his relatives in a rare mass shooting in southern Iran, state media reported Saturday.

"A 30-year-old man, motivated by a family dispute, killed 12 members of his family including has father and brother with a Kalashnikov weapon near the town of Faryab," in Kerman province, the provincial chief justice Ebrahim Hamidi was quoted as saying by the official IRNA news agency.