Hand Grenade Blast Injures Several Students at Kabul School in Hazara District
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Updated · Al Jazeera English · Aug 17
Hand Grenade Blast Injures Several Students at Kabul School in Hazara District
3 articles · Updated · Al Jazeera English · Aug 17
Summary
Several students were injured after a blast hit the private Shama-e Hidayat school in Kabul’s Dasht-e-Barchi area at about 4:30 p.m. local time, near the end of the school day.
Local outlets including TOLOnews and Kabul Now said a hand grenade caused the explosion, though officials had not confirmed the cause, casualty count or whether anyone was killed.
Eyewitnesses said students were taken to Alami Hospital, and footage circulated by Afghanistan International showed ambulances and crowds gathered near the site.
Dasht-e-Barchi is a predominantly Hazara district that has repeatedly been targeted in past attacks, including assaults by ISIS-K on schools, mosques and workplaces.