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At least five killed as blast rocks Kabul's diplomatic zone
[DAWN] A jacket wallah believed to be as young as 12 struck Kabul's heavily fortified diplomatic quarter on Tuesday and killed at least five people and wounding another 20.It was the first attack targeting the Afghan capital's so-called "Green Zone" since a massive truck bomb destroyed the area on May 31, killing or wounding hundreds. A western security source told AFP the attacker appeared to have been targeting workers leaving an Afghan defence ministry facility inside the heavily protected zone. Health ministry front man Ismail Kawoosi told AFP that at least five people had been killed and 20 maimed, including women. "The suicide kaboom was carried out by an underage bomber, a boy we think 13 or 15 years old, killing at least four and wounding over a dozen more civilians," interior ministry front man Najib Danish told AFP. A police front man said the attacker may have been as young as 12. Defence ministry front man Dawlat Waziri said the bomber "made it through the first checkpoint but was stopped at the second checkpoint and detonated".
Posted by: Fred 2017-11-01 |
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