Suicide attack on Shiite mosque in Afghanistan kills 37
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Suicide bombers assaulted a Shiite mosque in southern Afghanistan that was packed with worshippers attending weekly Friday prayers, killing at minimum 37 individuals and wounding extra than 70, according to a clinic official and an eyewitness.
The attack on the Imam Barga mosque arrived a 7 days just after a bombing claimed by a nearby Islamic Point out affiliate killed 46 persons at a Shiite mosque in northern Afghanistan.
Murtaza, an eye-witness who like several Afghans goes by just one title, said four suicide bombers attacked the mosque. Two detonated their explosives at a stability gate, letting the other two to operate within and strike the congregation of worshippers.
Talking to The Related Press by cellphone, he mentioned Friday prayers are commonly attended by all around 500 people today.
Online video footage from the scene showed bodies scattered throughout blood-stained carpets, with survivors walking about in a daze or crying out in anguish.
A local healthcare facility official was not licensed to temporary media and so confirmed the casualty toll on ailment of anonymity.
The extremist group, which is opposed to the ruling Taliban, views Shiite Muslims as apostates deserving of demise. IS has claimed a amount of deadly bombings across the region since the Taliban seized electricity in August amid the withdrawal of U.S. forces. The group has also targeted Taliban fighters in lesser assaults.
Taliban spokesman Bilal Karimi confirmed the explosion and said an investigation was underway, devoid of giving additional particulars.
The Taliban have pledged to restore peace and protection just after many years of war. The two the Taliban and IS adhere to a rigid interpretation of Islamic law, but IS is much far more radical, viewing alone as element of a around the world Islamic caliphate that includes better-recognized branches in Iraq and Syria.
The Taliban and IS are Sunni Muslims, but they are bitterly break up by ideology and have fought every other on many instances.
The Taliban have pledged to shield Afghanistan’s Shiite minority, which experienced persecution in the course of the past interval of Taliban rule, in the 1990s.
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