ISIL claims attack on Kabul embassy, in Iraq

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing and a gun attack on the Iraqi embassy in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul.

A suicide bomber blew himself up outside the gates of the embassy, before three gunmen stormed into the building, setting off a four-hour firefight that ended after Afghan security forces killed all attackers.

Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish told reporters that two Afghan employees of the Iraq embassy died in the attack.

Three police were injured. Initial reports suggested that the suicide bomber was in a car, but later on it became clear that the attacker was on foot.

UCJ, UNILORIN.