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| Four Killed, 73 Injured in Zabul Suicide Bombing |
| 2015-05-26 |
| [Tolo News] At least four non-combatants were killed and 73 people -- including children and women - were maimed in a powerful suicide truck bomb in southern Zabul province on Monday, local officials said. The attack took place in Qalat the capital of the province after a suicide truck bomber detonated his explosives near the provincial council building, deputy police chief, Ghulaam Jelani Farahi said. "Most of the victims are civilians. Women and children were among the injured people," he said. The kaboom caused extensive damage to the provincial council building as well as to other buildings in the area including a hospital and the provincial education department. Farahi said that the police have launched an investigation into the attack. Officials said that no member of the provincial council has hurt in the attack. The Taliban have grabbed credit for the attack. |
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