The Islamic State (IS) jihadist group has claimed responsibility for an attack by two suicide bombers during Friday prayers at a Shi’ite mosque in Kandahar, killing at least 41 worshipers and wounding dozens more, the agency said in a statement.
According to the announcement, two fighters of the IK shot and killed the guards of the mosque, invaded the place of worship and detonated the explosives with which they had lived in the middle of two groups of worshipers, one of which numbered about 300 people.
The attack took place in the cradle of the Taliban Islamist movement, which seized power in Afghanistan on August 15.
This is the second consecutive Friday that a mosque was attacked in Afghanistan during prayers with dozens of dead.
