Blast at funeral in eastern Afghanistan kills six: official

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News ID: 17363
Publish Date: 14:34 - 31 December 2017
TEHRAN, December 31 -An explosion at a funeral in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Sunday killed six people and wounded 15, the governor’s spokesman said.

Blast at funeral in eastern Afghanistan kills six: officialTEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -An explosion at a funeral in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Sunday killed six people and wounded 15, the governor’s spokesman said.

Attaullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor, said the blast hit people gathered for the funeral of a former district governor.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the apparent attack, which comes days after at least 41 people were killed and more than 80 wounded in a suicide attack on a Shi‘ite cultural center in the capital Kabul on Thursday.

Islamic State claimed responsibility for that attack.

Source: Reuters

 

 

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