5 killed, 65 injured as blast hits mosque in Afghanistan’s Mazar-i-Sharif city: local media

MAZAR-I-SHARIF: APRIL. 21 – Five people were killed and 65 others injured as a blast ripped through a mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif city, the capital of Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province on Thursday, a local television channel reported.

Quoting unnamed health officials, the Tolonews reported in its news bulletin that “five dead bodies and 65 injured persons have been taken to a hospital” and the number of casualties could change.

Police have yet to make comments.

An eyewitness who declined to be named said that the blast took place inside the mosque when scores of worshippers were offering prayers.

Police have cordoned off the area and don’t allow journalists access to the site of the blast.

-Xinhua