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Police Officer Killed in Helmand Suicide Attack
[Tolo News] Local officials of southern Helmand...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... province on Saturday said that an Afghan police officer was killed and four others were maimed in a suicide kaboom on Friday night. The incident took place near Lashkargah the capital of the province, when a suicide boom-mobileer detonated his explosive in the first gate of the provincial National Directorate of Security (NDS) department, said Omar Zwak, a Provincial Governor Spokesman. The victims have been taken to a nearby hospital. It comes as a suicide attack took place on Friday afternoon in the Kart-e-Parwan area of Kabul targeting an MP from Zabul province. The target of the jacket wallah was MP Hamidullah Tokhi from Zabul, according to a statement released by Kabul Police Chief General Zahir Zahir. Three people, including Mr. Tokhi, were maimed in attack. Officials have not reported any deaths, and said the maimed were taken to a nearby hospital for emergency care. Posted by: Fred 2013-12-01 |
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