Bomb blast kills four Afghan policemen
[Dawn] A bomb went kaboom! in western Afghanistan, killing four Afghan coppers, including a chief of police, a local official said.
Naqib Arwen, a front man for the governor of Herat province, said Tuesday that initial reports indicated that the district police chief was the target of a remote-controlled bomb.
He said the chief and the three other coppers were in a vehicle travelling through the Obe district in western Afghanistan's Herat province.
Three other coppers in a second vehicle were also maimed in the attack.
Posted by: Fred 2010-10-27 |