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Afghanistan: Bomb rips through wedding in Kabul
Last edited Sat Aug 17, 2019, 07:11 PM - Edit history (1)
UPDATE from Associated Press: Dozens dead or hurt in wedding party blast in Afghan capital______________________________________________________________________
Source: BBC
Afghanistan: Bomb rips through wedding in Kabul
17 August 2019
A bomb has exploded in a wedding hall in the Afghan capital, Kabul, and many casualties are feared.
Witnesses told the BBC a suicide bomber detonated explosives during a wedding ceremony. Witnesses said they had seen bodies.
The explosion happened at around 22:40 local time (18.10 GMT) in an area mostly populated by Shia Muslims.
No group has said it carried out the attack, which happened in the west of the city.
Sunni Muslim militants, including the Taliban and the Islamic State group, have repeatedly targeted Shia Hazara minorities in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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17 August 2019
A bomb has exploded in a wedding hall in the Afghan capital, Kabul, and many casualties are feared.
Witnesses told the BBC a suicide bomber detonated explosives during a wedding ceremony. Witnesses said they had seen bodies.
The explosion happened at around 22:40 local time (18.10 GMT) in an area mostly populated by Shia Muslims.
No group has said it carried out the attack, which happened in the west of the city.
Sunni Muslim militants, including the Taliban and the Islamic State group, have repeatedly targeted Shia Hazara minorities in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49383803
Afghan health workers carried the wounded into hospital (EPA)
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Source: Associated Press
Dozens dead or hurt in wedding party blast in Afghan capital
August 17, 2019
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide-bomb blast ripped through a wedding party on a busy Saturday night in Afghanistan’s capital and dozens of people were killed or wounded, a government official said. More than 1,000 people had been invited, one witness said, as fears grew that it could be the deadliest attack in Kabul this year.
Interior Ministry spokesman Nusrat Rahimi told The Associated Press the attacker set off explosives among the wedding participants. Both the Taliban and a local affiliate of the Islamic State group carry out bloody attacks in the capital.
The blast occurred near the stage where musicians were and “all the youths, children and all the people who were there were killed,” witness Gul Mohammad said. One of the wounded, Mohammad Toofan, said that “a lot of guests were martyred.”
Officials were not expected to release a toll until daytime Sunday.
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August 17, 2019
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide-bomb blast ripped through a wedding party on a busy Saturday night in Afghanistan’s capital and dozens of people were killed or wounded, a government official said. More than 1,000 people had been invited, one witness said, as fears grew that it could be the deadliest attack in Kabul this year.
Interior Ministry spokesman Nusrat Rahimi told The Associated Press the attacker set off explosives among the wedding participants. Both the Taliban and a local affiliate of the Islamic State group carry out bloody attacks in the capital.
The blast occurred near the stage where musicians were and “all the youths, children and all the people who were there were killed,” witness Gul Mohammad said. One of the wounded, Mohammad Toofan, said that “a lot of guests were martyred.”
Officials were not expected to release a toll until daytime Sunday.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/90d5cd5874ea4b0991e17cd6f3d7aa2c
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