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Kabul, Aug 26: The death toll has risen to 30 after the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) carried out an attack on Kabul city’s Imam Zaman mosque in Afghanistan on Friday. The attack wounded nearly 80 others after one of the three attackers blew himself up at the gate of the Imam Zaman Mosque, according to Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish.
The Afghan Ministry of Public Health, however, reported that over 20 people were killed and over 35 wounded in the attack. Earlier, it was also reported that two policemen were among the dead. The blast was followed by a gunfire between the terrorists and the security forces. After the blast, the remaining terrorists stormed the mosque and started firing at the security forces. Danish said that authorities have killed the gunmen after a nearly four-hour firefight.
“The attackers are slaughtering people like sheep, but there’s no one to go and rescue them,” Murtaza, a boy whose parents were trapped inside, told the media. “A lot of people are on the ground, and no one is trying to rescue them,” he added.
“One suicide bomber blew himself up outside Imam Zaman Mosque in PD11,” confirmed Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish. “The attack was carried out by three or four men and one of them blew himself up outside the mosque,” Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish was quoted as saying by Tolo News.
Tolo News also reported that many explosions were later reported from the area during the clearance operation by the Crisis Response Unit of the Afghan National Police. The gun battle between the security forces and terrorists lasted for over five hours.
Following the attack, ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, saying suicide bombers from the group attacked the mosque.
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