Kandahar, Oct 15,2021: Multiple explosions ripped through a Shiite mosque in Kandahar during prayers on Friday, killing over 30 people and leaving 50 others injured, reports said. It’s the second Shiite mosque to be targeted on a successive Friday in Afghanistan.
Around three successive explosions were reported in the Fatimieh Mosque in Imam Bargah area of District 1 of Kandahar city, Afghanistan’s second largest city after Kabul.
The explosions took place during Friday prayers. The mosque is located in a Persian speaking neighbourhood of the predominantly Pashtun Kandahar city.
Videos and pictures on social media showed bodies lying strewn in the mosque premises.
The attack comes exactly a week after a massive suicide explosion ripped through a Shiite mosque in Kunduz, killing over 100 people and leaving an equal number injured.
The Islamic State-Khorasan terror outfit claimed responsibility for the Kunduz mosque bombing.
