March 2018 Kabul suicide bombing | |
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Part of the War in Afghanistan | |
Location | Kabul, Afghanistan |
Coordinates | 34°31′06″N 69°07′37″E / 34.51833°N 69.12694°E |
Date | March 21, 2018 12:00 PM (UTC+4:30) |
Target | Shia Muslims |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
Weapons | Bomb |
Deaths | 33 (+1 attacker) |
Injured | 65 |
Perpetrators | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
Motive | Sunni fundamentalism Anti-Shi'ism |
A suicide bombing occurred on 21 March 2018 around 12:00 PM (7:30 AM UTC) in Kabul near Kart-e Sakhi,[1] a Shia shrine.[2][3][4] At least 33 people were killed with more than 65 wounded in the bombing.[4] The militant group ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack.[5][6][7][8]
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