Four Killed as Blast Hits Afghan Interior Ministry's Mosque in Kabul - Photos
13:17 GMT 05.10.2022 (Updated: 17:08 GMT 31.07.2023)
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KABUL (Sputnik) - Four people died in an explosion in a mosque of the Afghan interior ministry in Kabul on Wednesday, with 25 more people injured, ministry's spokesman Abdul Nafi Takor said.
Kabul's emergency hospital previously reported two casualties and 20 injured.
The investigation is underway and further details will be given later, the spokesman said on Twitter.
A source told Sputnik earlier in the day that the explosion occurred during prayers and it was yet to be established whether there were any high-ranking officials of the interior ministry among the victims.
The investigation is underway and further details will be given later, the spokesman said on Twitter.
A source told Sputnik earlier in the day that the explosion occurred during prayers and it was yet to be established whether there were any high-ranking officials of the interior ministry among the victims.
Several photos purportedly taken at the site of the blast are circulating online.
3 killed and 25 wounded as a result of an explosion inside a mosque in the Afghan Ministry of Interior in Kabul pic.twitter.com/4q0T4HL2c1
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