Police have said a dozen people were killed and 15 more were injured in the blast that likely targeted the mosque’s imam.
At least 12 worshippers were killed in an explosion at a mosque in the Afghan capital during Friday prayers, police said.
People had gathered in the Kabul mosque on the second day of the Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr, also the second day of a planned three-day cease-fire between Taliban insurgents and the Afghan government.
Ferdous Faramarz, a police spokesman, said the mosque’s imam was among the dead, adding that 15 other people were injured by the blast.
What we know about the explosion
Investigations were underway, but Faramarz said the imam was likely the target of the attack.
Explosives had been placed inside the mosque before the prayers, he added.
Afghan broadcaster TOLO News tweeted an image showing the damage done to the mosque.❐
Breaking – 12 people were killed in this afternoon's explosion at a mosque in Shakar Dara district in Kabul province, police said.
Mufti Numan, imam of the mosque, was also killed in the explosion, police said. pic.twitter.com/Pu2eAYHa0v
— TOLOnews (@TOLOnews) May 14, 2021
