The residents of Kart-e-Naw area of Kabul city report that unknown armed men have killed a religious scholar and two worshipers.
Gunmen shot dead the cleric whose name was Qari Najibullah Azizi and two of the worshipers on Thursday morning near Abu Bakr Siddiq mosque in the area, sources said.
According to eyewitnesses, the incident took place during the Fajir (morning) prayer, as a result of which this religious scholar and two other worshipers were killed.
So far, no group or individual has taken responsibility for the attack.
This is not the first time that clerics are killed in Kabul. Previously, a religious scholar was killed due to an explosion while offering evening prayers with dozens of worshipers in the area of Kotal-e-Khair khana in Kabul.