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5 injured in bomb attack in northern Afghanistan

Xinhua, December 25, 2015 Adjust font size:

At least five civilians were injured in a bomb attack against a mosque in Afghanistan's northern province of Baghlan on Friday, police said.

"The incident came when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off inside a local mosque in Baghlan-e-Markazi district at around 1:30 p.m. local time. The blast left five people wounded," deputy provincial police chief Abdul Rashid Bashir told Xinhua.

The injured people have been shifted to a nearby hospital for medical aid where one of them is said to be in critical condition, the police officer added.

Investigation is underway and no group or individual has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.

Nearly 1,600 civilians were killed and more than 3,300 others injured in conflicts and Taliban-led attacks in the first half of the year, according to figures of a UN mission in the country. Enditem