DEATH TOLL FROM THE EXPLOSION OF AN AFGHAN MOSQUE RISES TO 33

Fri 22 April 2022:

According to a Taliban official, an explosion at a mosque and religious school in northern Afghanistan killed at least 33 people on Friday, including religious school students.

Zabihullah Mujahid reported on the horrific attack in Imam Saheb, Kunduz Province, on Twitter, saying it injured another 43 people, many of whom were students.

No one claimed responsibility for the bombing right away, but Afghanistan’s ISIS affiliate claimed responsibility for a series of bombings on Thursday, the worst of which was an attack on a Shia mosque in northern Mazar-e-Sharif that killed at least ten Shia Muslim worshippers and injured dozens more.

Earlier, the Kunduz provincial police spokesman put the death toll at the mosque and madrassa compound in Imam Saheb at two dead and six injured.

Mujahid later tweeted the higher casualty numbers tweeting “we condemn this crime… and express our deepest condolences to the victims.”

Friday’s bombing is the latest in a series of deadly attacks across Afghanistan.

Mujahid called the perpetrators of the Kunduz attack “seditionists and evil elements.”

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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