Three Afghans and three Spaniards were killed in an attack on tourists in Afghanistan on Sunday, which the Islamic State organization claimed to be the cause of.
In a statement posted on its Telegram channels, the jihadist organization claimed that on Friday in the mountainous city of Bamiyan, “fighters shot at Christian tourists and their Shiite companions with machine guns.”
Approximately 180 kilometers (110 miles) west of the capital Kabul, at the Bamiyan market, the tour party was shot at while they were shopping.
A coalition led by the United States that has fought IS in the Middle East is referenced by the jihadists when they claim to have struck a “bus of tourists who are citizens of coalition countries.”
“The attack comes in line with the directives of the leaders of the Islamic State to target nationals of coalition countries wherever they may be,” the statement added.
Taliban officials said on Saturday they had arrested seven suspects in the aftermath of the attack.
