Scores of people wounded in Kabul mosque attack are treated in hospital

Record ID: 78033

  • Title: Scores of people wounded in Kabul mosque attack are treated in hospital
  • Date: 21st November 2016
  • Summary: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (NOVEMBER 21, 2016) (REUTERS) WOUNDED CIVILIAN BEING WHEELED PAST ON STRETCHER WOUNDED CIVILIAN ON STRETCHER NEXT TO AMBULANCE AMBULANCES INSIDE HOSPITAL COMPOUND, CROWDS OF PEOPLE WOUNDED MAN BEING ATTENDED TO INSIDE AMBULANCE RELATIVE CRYING AS SHE WALKS PAST BODY WRAPPED IN A SHEET BEING LIFTED INTO AMBULANCE SIGN FOR ISTEQLAL HOSPITAL PEOPLE SURROUNDING AMBULANCES (SOUNDBITE) (Dari) HEAD OF ISTEQLAL HOSPITAL, MOHAMMAD SABIR NASIB, SAYING: "We have received 38 wounded people at the hospital, we have provided them with better treatment. Eight of the wounded are in a critical condition but the rest of the wounded are not so bad." PEOPLE LIFTING BODY UP FROM GROUND RELATIVES CRYING AND WALKING AROUND CORNER OF BUILDING WOUNDED WOMEN BEING ASSISTED AS SHE WALKS
  • Embargoed: 6th December 2016 11:04
  • Keywords: Afghanistan wounded hospital Kabul attack suicide bomb mosque Shi'ite
  • Location: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
  • City: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
  • Country: Afghanistan
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Insurgencies
  • Reuters ID: LVA00159DZQYV
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The wounded survivors of a suicide bomb at a crowded Shi'ite mosque in the Afghan capital, Kabul, began arriving at a hospital on Monday (November 21) for treatment, along with relatives desperate for news.
    At least 27 people were killed and 35 wounded after a suicide bomber attacked the Baqir ul Olum mosque during a ceremony, officials said.
    "We have received 38 wounded people at the hospital," said the head of Isteqlal hospital, Mohammad Sabir Nasib. "Eight of the wounded are in a critical condition but the rest of the wounded are not so bad."
    The Taliban, seeking to reimpose Islamic law after their 2001 ouster, denied they were responsible for the attack. "We have never attacked mosques as it's not our agenda," said the movement's main spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid.
    Bloody sectarian rivalry between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims has been relatively rare in Afghanistan, a majority Sunni country, but the attack underlines the deadly new dimension that growing ethnic tension could bring to its decades-long conflict.
    Government Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah condemned the attack as a sign of barbarism and said Afghanistan should not fall victim to "enemy plots that divide us by titles".
    "This attack targeted innocent civilians - including children - in a holy place. It is a war crime and an act against Islam & humanity," he said in a message on his Twitter account.
    In July, more than 80 people were killed in an attack on a demonstration by the mainly Shi'ite Hazara minority that was claimed by Islamic State militants.
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