🧵Thread on the Longan Hotel attack | #OSINT

Islamic State-KP claimed the attack with a video and photos taken from inside the hotel.

⚠️ Some viewers may find the images distressing.

🗓️ 12 DEC, 22 | 🕝 14:30
🏙️ Shahr-e Naw, PD4, #Kabul
📍34.535166, 69.165335
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On December 12, 2022, at around 14:30 local Kabul time, gunfire and an explosion were reported in #Kabul Longan Hotel in police district 4, Kabul. The hotel, owned by a #Chinese national, often hosts foreign citizens.
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Multiple videos shared online show four individuals jumping from the building and fleeing the attackers.

@emergency_ngo, a humanitarian Kabul hospital, claimed they "received 21 casualties - 3 were already dead on arrival".
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