Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)At least 11 people have been killed in an attack on a hospital in Kabul, including two newborn babies, mothers and nurses, Afghanistan’s interior ministry said Tuesday.
Fifteen others were wounded during the Tuesday morning attack on the hospital compound in the capital, which includes a maternity ward run by aid group Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
Three gunmen entered the 100-bed hospital at 10 a.m. local time (1.30 a.m. ET) in an attack that has not yet been claimed by any group.
Explosions and gunfire were reported after the hospital in the Dasht-e Barchi area of Kabul was attacked, MSF said on Twitter, and an eyewitness near the scene earlier told CNN that they heard sporadic gunfire. At least 80 patients and staff were evacuated and the first floor of the hospital was cleared.
All three attackers were eventually killed by police, ending the assault, the interior ministry said.
Special forces blocked the area around the hospital, which is located on the west side of Kabul in police district 13, after arriving on the scene, according to interior ministry spokeswoman Marwa Amini.
The hospital massacre happened within hours of a suicide blast at a funeral ceremony in the country’s Nangarhar province that left at least 24 dead and 68 injured, according to the provincial media office.
Government and parliament officials were attending the funeral of police officer Sheikh Akram in eastern Afghanistan when an attacker detonated explosives in the crowd, said provincial spokesman Atahullah Khogyani.
Source: Newborn babies and mothers killed in attack on Kabul hospital
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