At least 32 dead, 53 wounded in Afghan Shiite mosque blast: medic
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At least 32 dead, 53 wounded in Afghan Shiite mosque blast: medic
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October 15, 2021
KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) — At least 32 people were killed and 53 wounded when explosions hit a Shiite mosque in the Afghan city of Kandahar on Friday, a hospital spokesman told AFP.
“Thirty-two bodies and 53 wounded people have been brought to our hospital so far,” the medic in the southern city’s central hospital said.
The cause of the blasts was not immediately identified, but it came exactly a week after a suicide bomb attack on Shiite worshippers in the northern city of Kunduz, that was claimed by the Islamic State group.
An eyewitness told AFP he heard three explosions, one at the main door of the mosque, another at a southern area, and a third where worshippers wash themselves.
© Agence France-Presse
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