Suicide Attack on Shiite Mosque in Afghanistan Kills 47
Suicide bombers attacked a Shiite mosque packed with worshippers attending Friday prayers in southern Afghanistan, killing at least 47 people and wounding 70, a Taliban official said.
The scene after a bomb blast at a Shia community mosque in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on Oct. 15.
Photographer: Murteza Khaliqi/Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesKabul, Afghanistan (AP) -- Suicide bombers attacked a Shiite mosque packed with worshippers attending Friday prayers in southern Afghanistan, killing at least 47 people and wounding 70, a Taliban official said. It was the deadliest day since the U.S. military withdrawal.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the carnage at the Fatimiya mosque in Kandahar province. The attack came a week after a bombing claimed by the local Islamic State affiliate killed 46 people at a Shiite mosque in northern Afghanistan.