At least 21 people were killed and 33 others injured in a suicide bombing in a mosque in Kabulin Afghanistan, late Wednesday afternoon, according to the latest balance of victims provided this Thursday by the security forces.
Kabul Police spokesman Khalid Zadran said today that according to the latest data available from victimsat least 21 faithful died and another 33 were injured in the attack in the north of the capital, according to the local channels Tolo and Ariana News.
Until now, the police officer in the area of the attack, Mohammad Yasee, had confirmed to Efe ten dead and eight wounded “by the explosion caused by a suicide terrorist who blew himself up inside the mosque during evening prayers”.
In addition, the Italian NGO Emergency, which has one of the main hospitals in the capital, had raised the number of injured to 24 on Twitter, and noted that there were also three deaths: “Two patients arrived dead, another died” later.
A Taliban official, who requested anonymity, assured Efe that “the dead also included the well-known Malavi religious scholar Amir Mohammad.”
Attack without vindication
The main spokesman for the Taliban government, Zabihullah Mujahidexpressed in a statement his administration’s condemnation “of the explosion in a mosque” and assured that “the murderers and perpetrators of such crimes will soon be caught and punished for their heinous acts,” he stressed.
No armed group has claimed responsibility for the attack, although the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) usually claims responsibility for these attacks, becoming the main threat to taliban regime.
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