50 dead and wounded taken to Kabul hospital after blast

[Kurzweil]

KABUL, Afghanistan: At least 50 dead and wounded people were Saturday rushed to a Kabul hospital following a powerful explosion that ripped through a crowd of minority Shiite Hazara protesters, the health ministry said.

"The dead and wounded were taken to Istiqlal hospital near the blast scene," ministry spokesman Mohammad Ismail Kawoosi told AFP.

Photographs posted on social media showed bodies, apparently at the site of the explosion, close to where thousands of people had been protesting over the route of a planned multimillion dollar power line.

 

[BasilSawewe]

KABUL, Afghanistan: At least 50 dead and wounded people were Saturday rushed to a Kabul hospital following a powerful explosion that ripped through a crowd of minority Shiite Hazara protesters, the health ministry said.

"The dead and wounded were taken to Istiqlal hospital near the blast scene," ministry spokesman Mohammad Ismail Kawoosi told AFP.

Photographs posted on social media showed bodies, apparently at the site of the explosion, close to where thousands of people had been protesting over the route of a planned multimillion dollar power line.

R.I.P wote mloata hayo masahibu. Tangulieni nacc tupo nyuma yenu. Cha kusikitsha? Jnc ya uondokaji! Iv jiografia ya mashariki ya kati kuna tatizo gani lamcngi kuuna kila uchao? C ndiko zilikoanzia dini! Nadhan kuna ulazima sasa umoja wa mataifa waoneshe nia ya kweli kukomesha atrocities ovyoovyo.

 

[Kazwala mkuu]

 

[chongchung]

Why not mention iss as mastermind of the attack.

 

[chongchung]

Mods na nyie ni iss nini

So-called Islamic State has said it was behind an attack on a protest march in the Afghan capital, Kabul, that killed at least 61 people and wounded 200.

The IS-linked Amaq news agency said two fighters "detonated explosive belts at a gathering of Shia" in Kabul.

The attack in Deh Mazang square targeted thousands from the Shia Hazara minority who were protesting over a new power line, saying its route bypasses provinces where many of them live.

The Taliban have condemned the attack.

Spokesperson Zabiullah Mujaheed sent an e-mail to the media saying they were not behind it.

A freelance journalist working for BBC Afghan said blood and body parts were everywhere, with debris strewn around.