Blast kills more than 50 at Kabul mosque
An explosion that occurred at a Kabul mosque on Friday killed more than 50 people.
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An explosion that occurred at a Kabul mosque on Friday killed more than 50 people.
Blast kills more than 50 at Kabul mosque, its leader says
Police in Afghanistan said on Friday that the Taliban had arrested a suspected mastermind of the Afghan mosque attack. The suspect is reportedly an Islamic State (IS) militant. IS has claimed responsibility for the blast in a Shiite mosque in Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif. The blast took place on Thursday (April 21) during midday prayers. 58 people were wounded. Balkh province's police spokesman Asif Waziri said Abdul Hamid Sangaryar was a key operative of IS. "He was the mastermind of yesterday's attack on the mosque," Waziri told AFP.
According to a statement issued by the Kabul security department, the blast took place after a hand grenade was thrown at worshippers at the mosque.
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed at least 56 people and injured 194 on March 4 at a Shiite Muslim mosque in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar.