June 2017 Kabul mosque attack

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June 2017 Kabul mosque attack
Part of War in Afghanistan (2015–present)
Locational-Zahra Mosque, Dashte Barchi, Kabul, Afghanistan [1]
Date15 June 2017
Target Shia Hazara
Attack type
 Suicide bombing
WeaponsSuicide vests
Deaths6+ [2]
Injured10+
Perpetrators Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Assailants2

On the night of 15 June 2017, a terrorist attack, involving a blast and gunfire, occurred at al-Zahra mosque, [3] a Shia mosque in Dashte Barchi area of Kabul, Afghanistan. [4] The attack on a crowded mosque killed several people, including a leader of Afghanistan's ethnic Hazaras, Hajji Ramazan Hussainzada. [5] [6] Meanwhile, according to an eyewitness, the entire mosque has been damaged in the siege. [7] ISIL claimed to be responsible for the attack. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "At Least 6 Killed In Kabul Mosque Explosion | TOLOnews". TOLOnews. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "ARG Condemns Mosque Attack That Killed At Least Six People". Tolonews. 16 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Kabul mosque attack claimed by so-called Islamic State". BBC. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "4 dead after suicide bomber strikes near Shiite mosque in Kabul". Chicago Tribune. 15 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Kabul mosque attack claimed by so-called Islamic State". BBC News. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Suicide bomber strikes near Shiite mosque in Kabul, 4 dead". Times of India. 16 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Attack On Kabul Mosque Carried Out By Two Suicide Bombers: MoI". Tolonews. 16 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Kabul mosque attack claimed by so-called Islamic State". BBC. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.

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