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Kabul attack: Shia mosque suicide bombing kills at least 30 people in Afghan capital | Kabul attack: Shia mosque suicide bombing kills at least 30 people in Afghan capital |
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A suicide bomber has detonated his explosives inside a Shia mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul, killing 30 people, according to reports. | A suicide bomber has detonated his explosives inside a Shia mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul, killing 30 people, according to reports. |
At least 45 people were injured in the bombing at the Imam Zamam mosque in western Kabul, a security official said. | |
Interior minister Major General Alimast Momand told AP the attacker walked into the building and detonated his explosives. | |
The head of the area's Isteqlal Hospital, Mohammad Sabir Nassib, said it received the bodies of two people killed in the attack as well as two wounded. | |
Isis has claimed responsibility for the bombing. | |
Photos emerged on social media showing the aftermath of the blast. | |
The bodies of the dead were covered in rugs by bystanders. | |
Shortly afterwards, another blast was reported in a mosque in the Dolaina district of the northwestern Ghor province, also causing a number of casualties. | |
It is currently unknown if the two bombings are linked, but they followed a wave of violence in the country. | |
On Thursday, at least 58 Afghan security forces personnel were killed across the country in a coordinated Taliban attack. | |
Army compounds and police stations were targeted and a base in Kandahar province was nearly overrun, according to officials. | |
The Kabul attack is being seen as the latest in a round of violence which has been committed against the country's Shia minority. | |
A UN report, released this week, claimed at least 84 Shia people have been killed and 194 wounded this year, as extremists have targetted their mosques and religious ceremonies. |