KABUL, Afghanistan - The Islamic State jihadist group claimed on its Telegram channel Friday that it was behind a blast at a sports club that killed four people in the Afghan capital the night before.
KABUL, Afghanistan - The Islamic State jihadist group claimed on its Telegram channel Friday that it was behind a blast at a sports club that killed four people in the Afghan capital the night before.The Sunni Muslim extremist group said it had used a parcel bomb that"IS fighters placed in a room where Shiites gather".
He added that seven people were injured in the blast, revising the initial toll of two dead and nine injured. An instructor at the club, which holds training in combat sports, told AFP the blast happened at the end of a busy boxing session that usually hosted some thirty people.
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