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Foreign media: The explosion of the Kandahar mosque in Afghanistan has caused at least 32 deaths and 53 injuries

author:China News Network

According to Agence France-Presse reported on October 15, an explosion at a Shiite mosque in Kandahar, Afghanistan, has killed at least 32 people and injured 53 others.

According to a medical worker, "So far, 32 bodies and 53 wounded have been taken to hospital." ”

The BBC said the cause of the explosion was unclear but could be a suicide bombing. A witness told the Russian satellite news agency that a suicide terrorist had created an explosion in the mosque.

After the Taliban took over power in Afghanistan, extremist groups have carried out several terrorist attacks in Afghanistan. On October 3, an explosion outside a mosque in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killed eight people and injured 20 others. On October 8, a Shiite mosque in Kunduz, the capital of Kunduz province, was hit by a suicide bombing, killing and injuring nearly 200 people.

Source: China News Network

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