Relatives take part in a funeral ceremony of a victim of a terrorist attack in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on Oct. 12, 2016. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has strongly condemned the fatal terrorist attack against Ashura mourners inside a mosque here in Kabul on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Rahmat Alizadah)
KABUL, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has strongly condemned the fatal terrorist attack against Ashura mourners inside a mosque here in Kabul on Tuesday.
"This attack deliberately targeting a large group of civilians exercising their right to freely manifest their religion in worship, observance and practice is an atrocity," a UNAMA statement said on Wednesday.
According to a statement of Interior Ministry, in the terrorist attack 16 worshippers including three women and two children had lost their lives and 54 others including 26 women sustained injuries.
An attacker wearing an Afghan security forces uniform entered the Shiite mosque as civilians congregated on the eve of the Muslim Shiite day of remembrance, Ashura and opened fire on the congregation and used a hand grenade, killing and maiming worshipers including women and children, said the UNAMA statement.
"International humanitarian law prohibits deliberate attacks against civilians and civilian property, including places of worship, and places a specific obligation on parties to enable religious personnel to carry out their work," the statement asserted.
