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Explosion in Afghan Shia mosque kills at least 32 worshipers

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Kabul, Oct 15 (EFE).- (Camera: Stringer) At least 32 worshipers died, and many others suffered injuries in a powerful explosion that ripped through a Shia mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar during Friday prayers, officials said.“The number of the dead evacuated so far from the mosque is 32. We brought more than 50 injured persons to a Kandahar hospital,” a local official in Kandahar told EFE on the condition of anonymity.The official feared that the death toll was likely to increase.The blast took place in the Imam Bargah mosque, the biggest place of worship for Muslim Shia minorities in the Kandahar city, where hundreds of worshipers had gathered for weekly Friday prayers.BROLL OF THE EXPLOSION IN KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN.

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