Sunday, December 11, 2011

Shiites Bombed in Afghanistan 12/06/11 Kills 55, Wound 160

Afghan Police Say 55 Killed in Two Separate, Rare Bombings on Shiites


KABUL, Afghanistan – A suicide bomber struck a crowd of Shiite worshippers at a mosque in Kabul on Tuesday, killing at least 55 people in the deadliest of two attacks on a Shiite holy day -- the first major sectarian assaults since the fall of the Taliban a decade ago.

A Sunni militant group based in Pakistan is claiming responsibility for the pair of attacks.

Four Shiites were killed in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif when a bomb strapped to a bicycle exploded as a convoy of Afghan Shiites was driving down the road, shouting slogans for the festival known as Ashoura. Health Ministry spokesman Sakhi Kargar gave the death toll and said 21 people also were wounded in that attack.

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