Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on Kabul University on Monday that killed 22 people including students, the jihadist group’s Amaq News Agency said.
Amaq said the gunmen targeted a gathering being held to mark the completion of a training course at the university.
In a message posted on Telegram, the group claimed to have “killed and injured 80 Afghan judges, investigators and security personnel” who gathered on completion of a training programme.
The death toll released by Afghan officials is much lower, at 22, and does not mention the killing of judges or prosecutors. Officials said multiple students had been killed.
Gunmen stormed Kabul University, killing students in their classrooms and firing on others as they fled on Monday, in the second attack on an educational institution in the city in just over a week, officials and witnesses said.
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