7 killed, 17 injured in Afghanistan suicide blast targeting mosque
ISTANBUL (AA) – At least seven people were killed and 17 others injured in a suicide blast targeting a mosque in northern Afghanistan on Friday, according to local media.
The explosion occurred at the Takiakhana Imam Zaman mosque in the city of Pol-e-Khomri, the capital of Baghlan province, during congregational Friday prayers.
Mustafa Hashemi, director of Baghlan Information and Culture Department, told Kabul-based broadcaster Tolo News that the incident was a “suicide attack” in which “seven people were killed and 17 were injured.”
Harkat-e-Islami Afghanistan, a political party, had said earlier that “15 to 20 worshipers have been martyred in this tragic incident.”
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