At least 62 killed in Shia mosque blast in Kandahar (+VIDEO)

At least 62 people have been killed and 68 wounded in a suicide attack at a mosque in the Afghan city of Kandahar, the Times reported.

The blast ripped through the city’s largest Shia mosque, known as Bibi Fatima Mosque or Imam Bargah Mosque, at about 1.30 p.m., its busiest time.

Videos from inside the mosque show bodies lying on the ground surrounded by bloodied debris and shattered glass, as distraught onlookers tried to help the wounded.

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.