Kabul classroom bombing death toll at least 35: UN

"The latest casualty figures from the attack number at least 35 fatalities, with an additional 82 wounded," the mission said in a statement.

Published: 01st October 2022 03:00 PM  |   Last Updated: 01st October 2022 03:00 PM   |  A+A-

Relatives and medical staff shift a wounded girl from an ambulance outside a hospital in Kabul on September 30, 2022. (Photo | AFP)

Relatives and medical staff shift a wounded girl from an ambulance outside a hospital in Kabul on September 30, 2022. (Photo | AFP)

By AFP

KABUL: The death toll from a suicide bombing of a classroom in Kabul has risen to at least 35, the United Nations mission in Afghanistan told AFP on Saturday.

On Friday, a suicide bomber blew himself up at a study hall in the Afghan capital's western district of Dasht-e-Barchi as hundreds of pupils were taking tests in preparation for university entrance exams.

The neighbourhood is a predominantly Shiite Muslim enclave and home to the minority Hazara community -- a historically oppressed group that has been targeted in some of Afghanistan's most brutal attacks in recent years.

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"The latest casualty figures from the attack number at least 35 fatalities, with an additional 82 wounded," the mission said in a statement.

Kabul police have so far said that 20 people were killed and 27 others wounded. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack at the Kaaj Higher Educational Centre.

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