At least 19 persons, mostly female students, were killed in a suicide strike at a tuition centre in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, according to police and witnesses.
At the Kaaj education centre in the west of the city’s Dasht-e-Barchi neighbourhood, about 30 more people suffered injuries.
When the bomber attacked, students were taking a practice university exam. There has been no attack claim as of yet.
Many of the locals are Hazaras, a minority group that is frequently the target of extremists from the Islamic State (IS).
Rows of covered bodies were spread out on the floor. According to other media from the private college’s location, the destroyed classrooms were filled with debris and overturned tables.
A woman who was seeking her sister at one of the hospitals told the AFP news agency, “We didn’t find her here. She was a 19-year-old woman.
According to certain sources, the death toll is much higher than what Taliban leaders have admitted.
The assailant reportedly opened fire on the security personnel outside the centre before going inside a classroom and setting up a device.
Most of the deaths, according to eyewitnesses who spoke to the BBC, were girls since they were in the front row and close to the explosion.
