MoI Suspends 4 Senior Police Officials over Kabul Mosque Attack

Ministry of Interior (MoI) leadership board has suspended four top security officials over Kabul mosque attack that killed more than 30 people on Monday.

Officials in MoI have decided to suspend Kabul 6th district police Chief, intelligence officer, counter-terrorism officer and counter-criminal officer who neglected during their jobs.

According to MoI, a delegation has been instructed to seriously investigate the terrorist incident and report it to the ministry’s leadership board.

The delegation which includes the representatives of audit departments, intelligence and counter criminal cases have obliged to investigate the suicide attack on Baqir ul Olum mosque within the 24 hours.

A suicide bomber has killed 30 people at Baqir ul Olum mosque in the capital, Kabul on Monday at 12:30 local time.

Many more were injured in the blast at an annual ceremony commemorate the death of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson.

The attacker arrived on foot and blew himself up among worshippers inside.

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid denied the group involvement  for Monday’s attack,  but the Islamic State (IS) took responsibility behind the incident.