16 dead in Kunduz suicide bombing

(Pajhwok photo)

KABUL (PAN): Ten policemen and six civilians were killed when a suicide bombing ripped through a busy marketplace in the capital of northern Kunduz province on Monday afternoon, officials said.

Several others, including a woman and a child, were wounded in the blast that took place at a crowded square in Kunduz City at 3:15pm, the deputy police chief of the province said.

Col. Ghulam Mohammad Farhad told Pajhwok Afghan News members of Public Order Police, who had been called in to provide security for a rally in the city, were the bomber’s target.

Acting public health director Dr. Daud Akbari confirmed receiving 16 bodies and 30 injured people from the scene. He said some of the critically injured were evacuated to a zonal hospital and a facility of Doctors Without Borders.

Civilians were among the injured, the official said, blaming the insurgents for the attack. However, there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the suicide attack.

from Pajhwok
by Wahidullah on Sep 10, 2012 - 15:27

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