Child injured in blast near Kabul crematorium

KABUL (Pajhwok): A child was wounded on Thursday when a bomb blast took place near a Sikh crematorium in Kabul, an official said.

A policeman, who wished to go unnamed, told Pajhwok Afghan News a magnetic bomb went off close to the Sikh cremation place around noon.

A day earlier, at least 25 people were killed and eight others wounded after gunmen attacked a Sikh religious complex in Kabul.

One armed man entered the dharamsala in limits of the 1^st police district and the attack began at around 7:45.

Daesh, or so-called Islamic state (IS), rebels claimed responsibility for the attack.

Kabul-based Pakistani, US, Swedish, UK and UNAMA diplomats strongly condemned the terrorist attack on the gurdwara.

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