June 2017 Kabul mosque attack

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]

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

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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