KABUL: More than 50 worshippers have been killed in a powerful blast that went off after Friday prayers at a Kabul mosque in Afghanistan, authorities have said.
The attack came as worshippers at the Sunni mosque gathered after Friday prayers for a congregation known as Zikr – an act of religious remembrance practized by some Muslims but seen as heretical by some hardline Sunni groups.
Sayed Fazil Agha, the head of the mosque, said someone they believed was a suicide bomber joined them in the ceremony and detonated explosives.
A health source said hospitals had received 66 dead bodies and 78 wounded people so far. Meanwhile, the United States and the United Nations’ mission to Afghanistan condemned the attack.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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