Tragic- Bomb blast kills Afghan provincial governor at Eid prayers
A bomb hidden in a microphone killed
an Afghan provincial governor Tuesday as he made a speech at a mosque
after Eid prayers in Logar, close to the capital Kabul, officials said.
"This
morning, governor Arsala Jamal was delivering a speech after Eid
prayers when he was killed by a bomb planted in the microphone," Logar
provincial governor spokesman Din Mohammad Darwish said.
"Eight other people have been wounded."
No
group claimed immediate responsibility for the blast, though Taliban
militants often target government officials as well as Afghan soldiers
and police.
Eid
ul Adha is a major public holiday across the Muslim world, with mosques
packed with devotees marking the prophet Ibrahim's willingness to
sacrifice his son when God ordered him to.
Sheep and goats are sacrificed in many households and the meat distributed among family, friends and the poor.
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