The terror group’s propaganda arm said it was behind the rampage by button men who killed at least 19 students, AFP said.
Radical Islamic holy warriors reportedly stormed the campus and opened fire, gunning down victims as they attempted to flee in terror.
In addition to the dead, at least 22 others were reported maimed.
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The corpse count released by Afghan officials is much lower, at 22, and does not mention the killing of judges or prosecutors. Officials said multiple students had been killed.
Govt Declares Tuesday a National Day of Mourning
[ToloNews] The Afghan government announced Tuesday as national day of mourning over Kabul University attack that killed at least 19 people and maimed 22 others, mostly young students.
The Afghan national will fly at half-mast across the country and at all diplomatic missions around the world, the Presidential Palace said.
In a message on the attack, President Ghani said, "the enemies of knowledge and progress continued to terrorize our people and perpetrated a vicious terrorist attack on Kabul University."
"We convey a clear message to all terrorist groups including Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...that such acts of terror and atrocity can never deter the resolve of the great Afghan nation for a peaceful, stable and thriving Afghanistan," President Ghani says.
"We will take Dire Revenge for this senseless attack and for any drop of innocent students’ blood spilled today. Our heroic defense and security forces will chase you, find you at any corner and wipe you out," Ghani said. "I enunciate to the brutal enemies of Afghanistan that this attack will not remain without response; we will retaliate."
ATTACK ENDS AFTER SIX HOURS
The attack on Kabul University, one of the biggest higher education institutions in the country, ended after six hours when all three attackers were killed, the Interior Affairs Ministry said.
The attack started at around 11:00 am on Monday morning when three attackers entered the university compound and moved towards a training center at Law Faculty that was apparently their main target as security sources put it. The Law Faculty is near the eastern gate of the university from where the attackers entered the compound.
The Interior Affairs Ministry’s front man Tariq Arian said the attack left 19 dead and 22 others maimed.
This was the second attack on education institutions in the last 10 days. A week ago, a suicide kaboom near a tutoring center killed over 30 people, most of them students.
Some eyewitnesses said the attackers entered classrooms and shot up students and professors at the training center of the Law Faculty.
Sources also said that five attackers were involved in the attack.
Hundreds of students as well as professors were at the university when the attack happened. Many students escaped the university through its surrounding walls.