New Delhi, April 11 -- The casualty count from a targeted shooting in western Afghanistan climbed to 11 on Saturday, according to provincial authorities, following an assault on civilians at a recreation site in Herat.

Bullet impacts were clearly visible on the exterior of the Sayed Mohammad Agha Shia shrine, while a blood-soaked blanket remained at the scene as a grim reminder of the violence reported AFP.

This updated figure follows an initial report from the Afghanistan's Interior Ministry on Friday, which had placed the death toll at seven.

"Eleven people have been recorded dead and eight others wounded from Friday's incident, with the condition of two of the wounded reported as critical," Herat's information office said in a state...