A huge explosion has ripped through a crowded mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul, killing 21 people, police say.
Another 33 people were injured, Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran added.
Wednesday’s blast occurred during evening prayers. The mosque’s imam Amir Muhammad Kabuli is reported to be among the dead.
It is unclear who was behind the attack, a week after Islamic State (IS) militants killed a pro-Taliban cleric in a suicide bomb blast, also in Kabul.
Security forces have now sealed off the blast scene in Kabul.
Witnesses described hearing a powerful explosion which shattered windows in nearby buildings.
“I saw that so many people were killed, even people were thrown out of the windows of the mosque,” one eyewitness told Reuters news agency.
Stefano Sozza, the head of the medical charity Emergency, which runs the city’s main hospital, told the BBC his group had already treated 35 people, including children.
Credit: bbc.com
