ALAMUT (Iran): Villagers in this village in northern Iran spent a cold night camped out in farmland, fearing to venture back into their shattered homes after an earthquake that killed 35 people across the country.
Two were crushed to death in the village that nestles under the citadel of the Old Man of the Mountains, founder of the Assassins, the feared Islamic mediaeval sect whose fanatical hitmen terrified crusaders and Muslim rulers alike.
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