Version 1 of Sayed al-Shuhada school bombing

On 8 May 2021, a car bomb exploded at the entrance of Sayed al-Shuhada school in Dasht-e Barchi, a mainly Hazara and Shia area of west Kabul. Two more bombs went off as students fled.¹ The school taught in three shifts, the second of them for girls.¹

Early reports counted 30 dead, and the toll rose for days.² One compilation gives at least 90 dead and 240 injured.¹ No group immediately claimed the attack. President Ashraf Ghani blamed the Taliban, who denied involvement.²

Please add the names of the students, where families agree.

Footnotes

1. Wikipedia, 2021 Kabul school bombing. ↩ ↩² ↩³

2. Dawn, 30 killed, 52 wounded in blast near Afghan girls' school, May 2021. ↩ ↩²