Suicide 'shepherd' bomber kills several people near Kabul mosque

A suicide bomber has killed at least 5 people close to a Shia mosque in Kabul beforehand of the major religious commemoration of Ashura.
The attacker disguised himself as a shepherd in an effort to approach the mosque, Kabul police's crook investigative director advised AFP.
"The bomber became grazing a herd of sheep and earlier than accomplishing his target he detonated himself," general Salim Almas stated.
at the least 20 human beings have been injured.
health ministry spokesman Najib Danish instructed the BBC that variety ought to rise. children are stated to be many of the wounded.
The goal of the attack seems to were the Shia mosque in the Qala-e Fatullah region of the Afghan capital, though the attacker detonated his tool a brief distance from the mosque itself.
No group has but claimed the attack. A Taliban spokesman instructed Reuters his organization had no longer been involved.
final month, a bombing at some other Shia mosque within the town left extra than 20 humans dead and dozens injured, after gunmen entered the mosque itself following the blast. So-called Islamic country stated it was behind that attack.
ultimate year, at the least 14 human beings had been killed at Kabul's Karte Sakhi shrine at some point of preparations for Ashura.
Ashura is marked via Muslims around the globe.
For Shia Muslims, it's miles a solemn day to mourn the martyrdom of Hussein in 680 advert at Karbala in current-day Iraq. it is marked with mourning rituals and passion plays re-enacting the martyrdom.
inside the run-as much as the competition this 12 months, civilian guards have been published at a number of the town's mosques in anticipation of an assault.
A shopkeeper stated that the suicide bomber in ultra-modern assault have been approached by way of suspicious guards who had installation a checkpoint close to the mosque.



Afghanistan is a mainly Sunni Muslim usa. Shias are predicted to make up about 10-20% of the population.