Dozens feared killed in Faryab blast
2012-10-26 11:40:42
MAIMANA (PAN): Dozens of civilians and security men are feared killed in a morning suicide attack in Maimana city, the capital of northern Faryab province, on Friday.
The incident took place at around 9:30 am in front of a mosque’s entrance in the provincial capital.
A suicide attacker detonated his explosive west while worshippers were leaving the mosque after Eidul Adha prayers.
A police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, revealed 18 security personnel and several civilians were killed, while many others injured in the attack.
Pajhwok journalist, reporting from the Afghan-Turk hospital, claimed seeing seven dead bodies of civilians and several security men. Few children also lost their lives in the incident.
Police vehicles and ambulances are busy evacuating the victims to nearby hospitals.
Najibullah, whose relative was injured in the bombing, said: "Several of my relatives are missing and I fear they might be among the killed."
Anyone who carried out the suicide attack during the sacred festival of Eidul Adha is condemnable, he said.
So far no group has claimed responsibility for the attack in Maimana City.
Source http://www.thefrontierpost.com/news/11119/#
MAIMANA (PAN): Dozens of civilians and security men are feared killed in a morning suicide attack in Maimana city, the capital of northern Faryab province, on Friday.
The incident took place at around 9:30 am in front of a mosque’s entrance in the provincial capital.
A suicide attacker detonated his explosive west while worshippers were leaving the mosque after Eidul Adha prayers.
A police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, revealed 18 security personnel and several civilians were killed, while many others injured in the attack.
Pajhwok journalist, reporting from the Afghan-Turk hospital, claimed seeing seven dead bodies of civilians and several security men. Few children also lost their lives in the incident.
Police vehicles and ambulances are busy evacuating the victims to nearby hospitals.
Najibullah, whose relative was injured in the bombing, said: "Several of my relatives are missing and I fear they might be among the killed."
Anyone who carried out the suicide attack during the sacred festival of Eidul Adha is condemnable, he said.
So far no group has claimed responsibility for the attack in Maimana City.
Source http://www.thefrontierpost.com/news/11119/#
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