Daesh Claims Gun Attack Killing 6 in Afghan Mosque
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) terrorist group claimed a gun attack on a Shiite mosque in western Afghanistan that killed six people on Monday.
Afghan Interior Ministry Spokesman Abdul Mateen Qani said on Tuesday morning that “an unknown armed person shot at civilian worshippers in a mosque” in Herat province’s Guzara district at around 9:00 pm (1630 GMT) the previous night, AFP reported.
“Six civilians were martyred and one civilian was injured,” he wrote on social media platform X.
Late Tuesday, the regional chapter of Daesh terrorist group claimed responsibility and said numerous gunmen had stormed the mosque with machine guns —contradicting the official account of a single assailant.
Locals said the mosque, located just south of provincial capital Herat, served the Shiite community and that an imam and a three-year-old child were among those killed.
They said a team of three gunmen had staged the attack.
The Taliban authorities have frequently given death tolls lower than other sources after bombings and gun attacks, or otherwise downplayed them, in an apparent attempt to minimize security threats.
