KABUL: A gunman attacked a mosque in western Afghanistan and killed 6 people, a local official said on Tuesday. Afghanistan’s Interior ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qani confirmed that on Monday around 9:00 pm “an unknown armed man shot at worshippers in a mosque” in Herat province of Afghanistan.
In a statement via social media, he said that six people were killed and one was injured in the attack. The state-run Bakhtar News Agency reported that the incident took place in a district of Herat province.
Citing local sources, Afghanistan TV channel Tolo reported the mosque belonged to Afghanistan’s Shiite community.
While no one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, ISIS is the largest security threat in Afghanistan and has frequently attacked Shiite communities, AFP reported.
