AhlulBayt News Agency

source : AFP
Wednesday

12 October 2016

2:12:02 PM
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Bomb blast has martyred 14 people at the gate of the Shia mosque in the center of Balkh district in Afghanistan on Wednesday.

(AhlulBayt News Agency) - A bomb at a Shia mosque in northern Afghanistan martyred 14 people Wednesday, the second attack on the country's Shiaa in as many days during the major festival of Ashura.

"The explosion happened at the gate of the Shia mosque in the center of Balkh district (in Balkh province)," said provincial governor's spokesman Munir Ahmad Farhad, adding that 14 people were killed and 28 injured.

His account was confirmed by the provincial deputy police chief.

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