Blast In madrassa: 16 Killed and 24 people Injured

Blast In madrassa: At least 16 people have been killed after a bomb blast hit a religious school in northern Afghanistan, the ruling Taliban regime has said. The blast took place in Aybak in the Samangan province and left many more injured, a spokesperson for the interior ministry. Blast In madrassa: 16 Killed and 24 people Injured

But the death toll remains uncertain, and hospital officials told to media that 16 died in the blast. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. The blast is said to have occurred as people were leaving congregational prayers, and a doctor at the local hospital said most of the victims were students at the school.

“All of them are children and ordinary people,” one doctor was said media. Interior ministry spokesperson Abdul Nafee Takkur said the Taliban’s security forces were investigating the attack, and vowed to “identify the perpetrators and punish them for their actions”.

Afghanistan has been rocked by dozens of blasts since the Taliban seized power last year, mostly claimed by the local offshoot of the Islamic State group. A Taliban official says at least 10 students were killed on November 30 when a bomb blast hit a religious school in northern Afghanistan.

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Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Nafi Takor says several others were wounded in the blast in Aybak, capital of the northern Samangan province.