The explosion happened at around 12:00pm in the limits of third Police District near to Kart-i-Sakhi area.
“8 people were killed and 20 other wounded in today’s suicide blast.” Waheedullah Majroh, spokesman for the Ministry of Public Health [1] (MoPH)
Faizullah, an eyewitness said the explosive were placed in a motorbike.
He said, “The motorbike rider rammed into the crowd of people who returned from gathering in Kart-i-Sakhi and detonated the explosives.”
He added many people suffered causalities as a result of the blast.
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant(ISIL) claims responsibility for the blast.