Blasts kill 3 in Pak, Afghan mosques
Separate bomb blasts in Pakistan and Afghanistan mosques killed three people and wounded at least 30 devotees who had gathered for worship yesterday.
In Afghanistan, a bomb exploded in a mosque in Kabul, during Friday prayers, officials said, killing three people including a senior preacher and wounding at least 20 men.
The preacher, Samiullah Raihan, was a supporter of the Western-backed Afghan government which Taliban militants are trying to bring down. He was also a member of the National Ulema Council, Afghanistan’s top Muslim clerical body.
The neighborhood where the bombing took place is dominated by Sunni Muslims. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. The explosion hit at a time when dozens of men had gathered for prayers. The death toll could rise, said a second official.
In Pakistan, a bomb at a mosque in Quetta killed two worshippers and wounded 14, officials said.
The blast went off at the Sunni Muslim mosque when people were offering Friday prayers. “There were about 100 people there when a bomb exploded very close to the prayer leader,” said police officer Abdul Qayum.
There was no claim of responsibility.
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