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21:52, 02-Aug-2017
ISIL claims responsibility for Afghanistan mosque attack
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The ISIL claimed on Wednesday responsibility for a suicide attack on a Shiite mosque in Afghanistan that killed and wounded dozens of people a day earlier.
"Around 50 Shiites killed and 80 wounded in an attack by Islamic State fighters yesterday on a mosque in western Afghanistan's Herat," the group's official agency AMAQ said.
Afghan security guards outside a Shiite mosque after it was attacked by suicide bombers in Herat, Aug. 2, 2017. /AFP Photo
Afghan security guards outside a Shiite mosque after it was attacked by suicide bombers in Herat, Aug. 2, 2017. /AFP Photo
Afghan authorities said earlier that over 30 worshippers including young children were killed and at least 64 wounded when suicide bombers throwing grenades stormed the Jawadya mosque in the western city near the Iranian border late Tuesday.
(Source: Reuters, AFP)
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