At least 32 killed in Shia mosque blast in Kandahar (+VIDEO)

A blast in a Shia mosque in Afghanistan’s Kandahar killed at least 32 people and injured at least 53 others on Friday, a source in a local hospital told Sputnik.

An eyewitness told the AFP news agency he heard three blasts, one at the main door of the mosque, another at a southern area, and a third where worshippers wash themselves, Al-Jazeera reported.

Murtaza, another eyewitness who like many Afghans goes by one name, told The Associated Press news agency that four suicide bombers attacked the mosque.

Two detonated their payloads at a security gate, allowing the other two to run inside and strike the congregation of worshippers.

Speaking to The Associated Press by phone, he said Friday prayers were typically attended by about 500 people.

Hospital sources told Al-Jazeera they were inundated with patients, and that based on the number of increasing intakes, they feared a high casualty toll.

Photographs posted by journalists on social media showed many people apparently dead or seriously wounded on the bloody floor of the mosque.