Multiple suicide attacks in Afghani mosque

Irish Sun Thursday 17th April, 2008

A suicide attack near a mosque in western Afghanistan has killed 23 people and wounded 31, mostly civilians, including several children.

The attack took place in Zarang city, the capital of Nimruz province, as civilians and police forces were attending an evening prayer.

The police chief of Khashroad district and the border police chief of the province were among the dead.

The attack was apparently carried out by suicide bombers, in an area that was very crowded at the time of the blast.

The local governor said there were probably multiple suicide bombers as "one person couldn't carry enough explosive to cause such a big explosion".

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but such attacks in the past have been carried out by Taliban insurgents, whose regime was ousted in late 2001 by the US-led invasion.