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| 9 killed, 13 Wounded in Two Blasts in Balkh |
| 2022-04-29 |
| [ToloNews] At least nine people were killed and 13 others were maimed in two blasts occurring on Thursday evening in Mazar-e-Sharif of Balkh province, security officials said. Both blasts targeted public transportation. A front man for the Balk security department said that the blasts were due to explosives placed in vehicles. Provincial health officials confirmed hospitals had received bodies of the slain and were treating the maimed. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or Daesh has claimed accountability for two bomb blasts in Mazar-e-Sharif city of the northern Balkh province that killed at least nine and injured 13 more civilians. The terror group has claimed 30 people to be affected after the explosions. The Two explosions took place only minutes before people break their fast and at a time when commuters were rushing home to do so. Asif Waziri, spokesperson of the city’s police said the target is apparently Shiite people. based on the information of Waziri, one IED hit a van while the second one exploded in a van station in Police District three of the city. This comes only a week after ISIS targeted a mosque named Sih Dokan in the northern Afghan city killing and injuring tens of Shiite worshipers. |
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