Afghanistan: Mass funeral for victims of Kandahar mosque attack
Al Jazeera
Relatives laid the bodies of the victims to rest and called on the Taliban to protect them.
A mass funeral ceremony has been held for the victims killed in Friday’s suicide bomb attack on a Shia mosque in Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar.
Government officials say 47 people died in the attack but a community elder Haji Farhad said the death toll is 63 but can change as still many victims are in serious condition in the hospital.
On Saturday, relatives laid the bodies of the victims to rest and called on the Taliban to protect them.
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