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2021-10-17 Afghanistan
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Day 2: Kandahar Mosque Attack Victims Buried: 63 toes up thus far, and 83 maimed
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Yesterday’s report of the attack can be seen here.
...the spiritual heartland of the Taliban, so a double insult to their Islamic Emirate 2.0... were buried in groups on Saturday.
People said the number of victims has risen to nearly 50 people and 90 injured.
ISIS has grabbed credit for Friday's attacks.
According to locals, this was the first ISIS attack on the Shia community in Kandahar.
Following the earth-shattering kabooms, a number of Kandahar Sunni people rushed into hospitals to donate blood to those injured in the attack. They said no group can create discord among them based on religious lines.
The Kandahar police chief meanwhile said they are working to arrest those behind the attack.
Eyewitnesses said four button men first opened fire on the mosque’s guards and one of them were killed by the guards but three of them entered the mosque and deronated their explosives.
Eyewitnesses said three back-to-back explosions hit Imam Bargah Fatimeyah mosque, one of the largest mosques in Kandahar city during the Friday prayers.
According to eyewitnesses, three men equipped with guns and explosives first opened fire on the worshippers and then exploded their explosives at three different parts of the mosque.
Daesh has claimed responsibility for the attack.
In the wake of the explosions, Kandahar police chief Maulvi Mehmood said security for the mosque had been provided by guards from the Shia community but that following the "brutal attack" the Taliban would take charge of its protection.
Witnesses spoke of gunfire alongside the explosions, and a security guard assigned to protect the mosque said three of his comrades had been shot as the bombers fought their way in.
Sayed Rohullah told AFP: "It was the Friday prayer time, and when we were preparing I heard shots. Two people had entered the mosque.
"They had opened fire on the guards and in response the guards had also opened fire on them. One of them committed a suicide blast inside the mosque."
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in its Telegram channel confirmed on Saturday, October 16 that the attack and twin blasts were carried out by them.
Khorasan branch of ISIS in their statement said that two of their suicide bombers conducted the attack on a Shite mosque in Kandahar province on Friday killing and wounding over 150 worshipers.
The statement of ISIS-K reads that the first suicide bomber detonated his explosives in the hallway of the mosque and others did it inside the mosque where hundreds of people had gathered to perform Friday prayer.
It was first said that there were three suicide bombers who shot the security guards of the mosque and then entered the mosque and detonated their explosive vests.
As per local health officials, the number of people killed rose to 63, and those who were wounded increased to 83.
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