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Death Toll Up to 49 in Daesh Attack on Kabul Hospital, 76 Injured

© REUTERS / Omar SobhaniAfghan policemen keep watch at the site of a blast and gunfire at a military hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan March 8, 2017
Afghan policemen keep watch at the site of a blast and gunfire at a military hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan March 8, 2017 - Sputnik International
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The attack on the Kabul National Hospital in Afghanistan by the Daesh jihadist group has left 49 people dead and 76 injured.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Four Daesh terrorists stormed the hospital on Wednesday, one of them detonating a bomb at the entrance and the others heading inside. The Afghan security forces killed all four assailants following an hours-long battle.

The previous toll stood at more than 30 dead and at least 70 injured.

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