ISIS claims responsibility for Kabul attack

  31 May 2017    Read: 1398
ISIS claims responsibility for Kabul attack
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the suicide bomb attack that rocked Kabul on Wednesday, killing up to 90 people and injuring 380. The blast took place in the diplomatic quarter of the Afghan capital, called Wazir Akbar Khan, during the rush hour. According to preliminary information from the Afghan interior ministry, an explosive device was planted on a vehicle for water delivery, AzVision.az reports citing the Teletrader.
The district houses the embassies of Germany, the United Kingdom, Iran and Canada. The German embassy already stated that some of its staff had suffered injuries in the explosion. The BBC reported that a driver for the corporation's Afghan bureau, was killed in the attack, and that four journalists were injured.

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