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Blast in convoy of 'mourners' kills 7 in Kabul
[ARABNEWS] An kaboom in Kabul on Sunday killed seven people in a convoy of mostly gunnies marking the death anniversary of Ahmad Shah Masood, one of Afghanistan’s legendary figures. Meanwhile,...back at the Council of Boskone, Helmuth ordered the entire 614th quadrant searched. The Green Lensman must be found!... scores of security forces bit the dust in a spate of attacks by Taliban ...Arabic for students... combatants elsewhere in the country. Police said the blast was caused by a jacket wallah who had mingled in one of the long convoys of vehicles and cycle of violence  s in which the gunnies drove for hours in Kabul’s streets. He opened fire into the air in a sustained manner and created panic among tens of thousands of people in the city.The incident caused lawlessness, disorder and disrupted businesses and people’s lives, and the blast led to the drastic reduction of firing and disbursement of the button men, residents said. Before the blast, security forces early in the day said they shot and maimed another suicide bomber who wanted to detonate explosives on his body among another crowd of marchers near the monument of Masood outside the US embassy. The protracted firing, mostly into the air by the marchers, left behind 13 people maimed, public health ministry front man Waheed Majorh told news hounds. The Emergency Hospital said it had received 34 injured patients. Kabul police front man Hashmat Stanekzai, in a message, said seven people were killed and 20 maimed in the blast. The chaos lasted for more than eight hours and showed the inability of security forces and government to block it. "There were lots of young men and kids who drove in vehicles without number plates, wielding knives and guns. We were all shocked," Said Sameer, a Kabul resident, told Arab News. Posted by: Fred 2018-09-10 |
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