An explosion in the Shiide Mosque Sayed Abad in the Afghan city of Kunduz occurred due to a suicide bomber self-expendier. This was reported in the Kunduz Province Information Department, Tolonews reports.
According to provincial security and health services, 43 people died in the explosion, 140 were injured. At the same time, UN Mission to promote Afghanistan (UNAMA) of the dead more than 100. UNAMA writes that The suicide was a terrorist “Islamic state” (the organization prohibited in the Russian Federation).
However, none of the groups assumed responsibility for the explosion. The deputy head of the Ministry of Culture and Information of Afghanistan in the Government of the Taliban (Movement is prohibited in the Russian Federation) Zabilella Mujahid expressed condolences to the authorities the family of the dead and wounded.
On October 8, the explosion in the Shiite mosque thundered during the prayer of the parishioners. According to local security officials, at the time of the terrorist attack there were about 300 people.