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muriel_volestrangler

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Sat Oct 24, 2020, 11:33 AM Oct 2020

Afghan bombing: Kabul education centre attack kills at least 13

At least 13 people have been killed and 30 wounded in a suicide bomb attack outside an education centre in the Afghan capital Kabul, officials say.

The explosion at the private facility, which offers courses for students in higher education, occurred late in the afternoon, the interior ministry said.

The building in the predominantly Shia Muslim Dasht-e-Barchi area usually hosts hundreds of students.
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The spokesman added that the attacker was identified by guards "after which he detonated his explosives in an alley".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-54676319

Anti-Shia attacks are an ISIS trait.
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