Afghanistan suicide bombing leaves two dead, multiple others injured
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Medic personnel transport the body of a victim into an ambulance at the site of a suicide attack on a Shiites mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, June 15, 2017. A suicide bomber struck outside a Shiite mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul late Thursday night, killing a leader of Afghanistan's ethnic Hazaras, Hajji Ramazan Hussainzada, and others. (AP Photos/Massoud Hossaini)
Two people were killed and at least five others injured after a suicide bomber struck outside a Shiite mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday.
The attacker was initially prevented from entering the mosque by police, according to The Independent. After participating in a gun fight with the police, however, he was able to enter the kitchen area where he proceeded to detonate his bomb.
The Islamic State took responsibility for the attack.
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Mosques have been more crowded than usual in the evening hours recently as Muslims observe the holy month of Ramadan.
A truck bomb in Kabul on May 31 killed more than 150 people.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Associated Press contributed to this report.