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1st LD-Writethru: Bicycle bomb kills 1 civilian, wounds 7 in N. Afghan city

Xinhua, April 21, 2015 Adjust font size:

One person was killed and seven others were injured, all civilians, as a bomb blast targeted a police van in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz on Tuesday, a local official said.

"Terrorists planted the explosive device on a bicycle and detonated it next to the police vehicle in Kunduz city at 04:30 p. m. local time, killing a civilian and injuring seven more others," provincial police spokesman Sayed Sarwar Hussaini told Xinhua.

No police was hurt in the attack, he added.

However, an eyewitness said on condition of anonymity that two police officers were also injured in the blast. Endi