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Worshippers Targeted in Blast at Kabul Mosque on Last Friday of Ramadan

By Aldgra Fredly

 

Worshippers gathering after Friday prayers at a Kabul mosque have been targeted in a suspected terrorist bombing.

The blast occurred at the Khalifa Sahib Mosque in the Darulaman area in the city’s west where hundreds congregated on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Besmullah Habib, deputy spokesman for the interior ministry, said the official confirmed death toll was 10.

A health source said hospitals had received 66 dead bodies and 78 wounded people so far, Reuters reported.

Sayed Fazil Agha, the head of the mosque, said someone they believed was a suicide bomber joined them in the ceremony and detonated explosives.

 

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