At least 30 people were killed and around 70 others injured after unidentified gunmen attacked a military hospital near the United States Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday. Defence Ministry officials told TOLOnews that the Islamic State group had claimed responsibility for the strike at Sardar Daud Khan Hospital.

The assailants were dressed in doctors’ coats, officials said. While one suicide bomber died during the initial phase of the attack, Afghan security forces killed three gunmen during the exchange of fire, Interior Ministry spokesperson Sediq Sediqqi said.

The injured are being treated at Kabul’s Wazir Akbar Khan Hospital.

The attack comes only days after a series of explosions across the city killed dozens of people. The blasts were orchestrated by an Afghan Taliban group.