All articles tagged with #mosque explosion
Originally Published 17 days ago — by The Washington Post
An explosion at a mosque in Homs, Syria, during Friday prayers, killed at least eight people and injured 21, with claims of responsibility from a group called Saraya Ansar al-Sunnah, amid ongoing sectarian violence and extremist attacks in the region.
Originally Published 17 days ago — by Al Jazeera
An explosion at the Imam Ali bin Abi Talib Mosque in Homs, Syria, during Friday prayers has killed at least six people and injured over 20, with authorities suspecting a suicide bombing or explosives, highlighting ongoing security challenges and potential sectarian tensions in the region.
Originally Published 19 days ago — by DW
A mosque in Maiduguri, Nigeria, was bombed during evening prayers, killing at least five people and injuring 35, with preliminary investigations suggesting a possible suicide attack by Islamist militants, amidst ongoing jihadist insurgency in the region.
Originally Published 2 months ago — by CNN
A series of explosions at a Jakarta high school mosque injured at least 55 people, mostly students, with a 17-year-old male student identified as a suspect. Authorities are investigating whether the incident was a terror attack, examining the suspect's motives and the nature of the device used, which included a toy gun with extremist inscriptions. The cause of the blasts remains under investigation, and police are urging caution before concluding the incident was an attack.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Al Jazeera English
At least 11 people were killed and over 30 others were injured in an explosion near a mosque in northern Afghanistan during a memorial service for the Taliban's provincial deputy governor who died in an attack earlier this week. A former Taliban police official was among those killed. The Taliban administration has been carrying out raids against members of ISIL, which claimed responsibility for the car bombing that killed the deputy governor. No group has claimed responsibility for the mosque explosion.