Islamic State’s jihadist militia has claimed responsibility for the attack on foreign tourists that killed six people in the mountain town of Bamian on Friday.
The fighters “shot Christian tourists and their Shiite companions with machine guns,” the group said on the Telegram online service on Sunday. They attacked a “bus carrying tourists who are citizens of coalition countries,” referring to the US-led coalition fighting IS in the region. The attack was in accordance with IS leadership’s instructions to attack nationals of coalition countries, the report said.
The attack killed three Spaniards and three locals, and injured several people from Spain, Lithuania, Norway, Australia and Afghanistan. The tour group was shot at on Friday while shopping in a bazaar in Bamian, about 180 kilometers from the capital Kabul.
Source: Krone
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