Afghanistan: at least 50 deaths and 140 wounded after a suicide attack in a Kunduz mosque

The assessment of this attack that struck a Shiite mosque from the northeastern country is still provisional and could worsen.

Le Monde with AFP

At least 50 people were killed and 140 wounded in the explosion who struck, Friday, October 8 a Shiite mosque from the city of Kunduz, in northeastern Afghanistan, according to hospital sources. An important assessment. It was a suicide bombing, said Matiullah Rohani, Taliban Government Regional Manager in charge of Culture and Information.

“So far, we received 35 bodies and more than 50 wounded,” said a doctor at the Kunduz Central Hospital requiring anonymity. Previously, a local medical officer without borders (MSF), also requested not to be identified, said that “more than 90 wounded patients and more than 15 bodies” were taken to the NGO clinic in Kunduz.

/Media reports.