Several death in suicide bombing in Kabul. ISIS claims responsibility, provides no evidence

Several people have been killed in a suicide attack targeting Muslim scholars who had gathered in a tent near the Polytechnic University in Afghanistan’s Kabul, officials said.

Afghan interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish confirmed to Al Jazeera that at least seven people have been killed and nine others wounded in Monday’s attack. He had earlier reported the death toll was 12 people. Police officials also confirmed there were seven deaths.

Islamic State said it had carried out a deadly suicide attack on Monday near a gathering of Muslim clerics in Kabul, without providing evidence for its claim.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the attack and reiterated that “no cause can justify such violence,” U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said. “Targeting civilians in this way is a clear violation of international law,” he added.