The Terrorist Organization “Islamic State – Vilayat Horacean” (IG, prohibited in the Russian Federation) took responsibility for the explosion in the Sayed Abad of the Afghan city of Kunduz (administrative center of the province of the same name). It is reported by RIA Novosti.
The militants stated that the terrorist attack made a deathman named Mohammad Al-Uiguri. According to a terrorist organization, about 300 people were killed in the explosion.
The terrorist attack was performed during the Friday prayer, which gathered about three hundred parishioners. According to different sources, as a result of the attack died from 43 to 100 people, about 140 were injured.
Deputy Heads 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 from the authorities to the families of the dead and wounded.