Armed attack on Shia worshipers in Herat
News sources in western Afghanistan announced that a number of worshipers were martyred and injured as a result of an armed attack on a Shiite mosque in Herat. |
– International news – Tasnim News Agency, unknown gunmen opened fire on Shia worshipers in “Gazah” city of Herat province, according to the initial reports of a religious scholar and A number of worshipers were martyred.
Some local sources say that the worshipers were attacked by two motorcycle-riding attackers when they were leaving the mosque after offering prayers in the town of “Mohammadiyeh”.
It is said that Hojjat al-Islam Javid, one of the elders of this town, was martyred in the terrorist incident of the Imam Zaman mosque and five others.
More details of this terrorist attack have not been published.
Security authorities Herat has not commented yet.
The latest round of attacks on worshipers in Afghanistan left 11 dead.
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© | Webangah News Hub has translated this news from the source of Tasnim News Agency |