The demise toll in a bombing that ripped via a mosque in northern Kabul throughout Friday prayers has jumped to 12, Afghan police stated.
Spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz stated the imam of the mosque was among the many useless, including that one other 15 individuals have been wounded.
The bomb exploded as prayers had begun. No one claimed accountability for the bombing, however preliminary police investigations counsel the Imam could have been the goal, Faramarz stated.
An picture circulating on social media confirmed three our bodies mendacity on the ground of the mosque, which confirmed minor harm.
The explosion comes on the second day of a three-day ceasefire introduced by the warring Taliban and Afghan authorities. The pause was for the Islamic pageant Eid-al-Fitr, which follows the fasting month of Ramadan.
Until now lots of the assaults within the capital have been claimed by the native Islamic State affiliate, however each the Taliban and authorities blame one another.
The most up-to-date assault final week killed over 90 individuals, lots of them pupils leaving a women’ faculty when a robust automotive bomb exploded. The Taliban denied involvement and condemned the assault.