Afghanistan Bombings: Death Toll rise to 68

The remains of a vehicle sit on a Kabul street after a blast that killed at least 68 people on Saturday. Photo: Anadolu Agency | Getty Images

The death toll on the school bombings in Afghanistan has risen to 68 and authorities say there are about 165 injured who are being treated in hospitals.

Families are desperately in-search of their missing children, Reuters reports.

A car bomb was detonated in front of the Sayed Al-Shuhada school and two more bombs exploded when students rushed out in panic.

The bombings of Saturday shook the neighborhood of Dasht-e-Barchi, home to a large community of Shiites from the Hazara ethnic minority which has been targeted in the past by Islamic State, a Sunni militant group.

"The first blast was powerful and happened so close to the children that some of them could not be found," Reuters quotes an Afghan official protecting his annonymity.

Publish : 2021-05-10 10:34:00

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