Multiple blasts rock school in Afghan capital, more than 20 killed
At least two powerful explosions ripped through a boys' school in a Shia-dominated neighborhood of Kabul Tuesday, killing more than 20 students.
The death toll is likely to mount, according to Afghan security officials, as cited by media outlets.
Local reports and eyewitnesses said a suicide bomber targeted a school in west Kabul’s Dashte Barchi, a predominantly Shia Muslim neighborhood.
The blast occurred at the main exit of Abdul Rahim Shahid School when students were leaving the school premises after morning classes.
Photographs and videos from the aftermath of the powerful explosions showed mutilated bodies lying on the ground, discarded notebooks, and people ferrying the injured in ambulances.
Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran in a Twitter post confirmed that the blasts targeted Abdul Rahim Shahid School, which he said had "caused casualties among our Shiite brothers".
Afghan journalist Zahra Joya said a father had lost all his three sons in the bombing at Abdul Rahim Shahid School.
It came two weeks before the first anniversary of the bombing of Sayed Ul-Shuhada High School in western Kabul that martyred at least 90 students and wounded scores more, most of them teenage girls leaving class.
TOLOnews said the Ministry of Interior (MoI) has ordered an investigation into the incident, and that details will be made public later.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack, but analysts believe it could be the handiwork of the Daesh terrorist group, which has witnessed a resurgence since the Taliban's sweeping takeover of the country last August.
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