KABUL, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- At least 14 people were killed and over 40 injured Tuesday night after gunmen attacked a shrine in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, where hundreds of mourners were observing Ashura rituals during holy Muslim's month of Maharram, sources said.
"The initial reports found 14 mourners were killed and over 40 wounded in the terrorist attack on Ziarrat-e- Shakhi shrine in western Kabul. The death toll could rise as many injured remained in critical conditions," a security source told Xinhua anonymously.
Witnesses said that they heard three grenade explosions and ensuing gunfire roughly at 07:50 p.m. (local time) at the shrine, which is located near the Kabul University in Jamal Mina locality of the city.
Majority of the victims were Shiite Muslim pilgrims.
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