section_path: Attack
section_name: Attack
paragraph_text: Attack
  
  The attack began when a man, armed with a knife, entered Branch 39 of the Supreme Court, located inside the Palace of Justice in Tehran and stabbed a bodyguard before taking his handgun. He then fired six shots, killing two senior judges. Early reports that three judges of the court had been targeted were denied by the Iranian government.
  
  The assailant shot himself on the third floor of the building while apparently fleeing the scene.
  
  The perpetrator was identified as 39-year-old Iranian citizen Farshad Asadi, who was born in 1986. Asadi worked at the Supreme Court for seven to eight years as a service worker and drink carrier. His motives are currently unknown, but it is known that the attack was premeditated and that Asadi did not get the salary increase he wanted. He is being investigated by authorities. In a media statement, the judiciary said that "preliminary investigations indicate that the perpetrator had no prior cases in the Supreme Court nor was he one of its visitors" and described the attack as a "premeditated assassination".