Afghan police say Kabul mosque bombing kills 12 worshippers
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – A bomb ripped through a mosque in northern Kabul during Friday prayers and killed 12 worshippers, Afghan police said.
Spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz said the mosque’s imam, Mofti Naiman, was among the dead. Another 15 people were wounded.
The bomb exploded as prayers had begun. No one claimed responsibility for the bombing, but initial police investigations suggest the Imam may have been the target, Faramarz said.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid denied any connection to the mosque attack, condemning it and accusing Afghanistan’s intelligence agency of being behind the explosion. Both the Taliban and government routinely blame each other for attacks. Seldom are the culprits ever identified, and the public is rarely informed of the results of investigations into the many attacks in the capital.