Suicide attack on Shiite mosque in Afghanistan kills 47

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Damaged partition of a mosque is seen pursuing a termination bombers onslaught successful the metropolis of Kandahar, southwest Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. Suicide bombers attacked a Shiite mosque successful confederate Afghanistan that was packed with worshippers attending Friday prayers, sidesplitting respective radical and wounding others, according to a infirmary authoritative and a witness. (AP Photo/Sidiqullah Khan)

By: The Associated Press & Scripps National

Posted at 1:30 PM, Oct 15, 2021

and past updated 2021-10-15 14:30:44-04

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Suicide bombers person struck a Shiite mosque successful confederate Afghanistan packed with worshippers attending Friday prayers.

A Taliban authoritative says astatine slightest 47 radical person been killed and 70 wounded.

The onslaught connected the Fatimiya mosque is the deadliest since the US subject withdrawal.

The Associated Press reported that quality of the onslaught comes a week aft the section Islamic State claimed they bombed a Shiite mosque successful bluish Afghanistan, which killed 46 people.

A witnesser reported 4 explosions — 2 extracurricular the mosque, 2 inside.

He said Friday prayers astatine the mosque typically gully hundreds of people.

There was nary contiguous assertion of responsibility.

According to the AP, the crushed down IS targeting Shiite Muslims is due to the fact that they presumption them "as apostates deserving of death."