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Roundup: Bloody bombing claims 5 lives injuring 24 in Kabul

Xinhua, May 19, 2015 Adjust font size:

At least five people including the suicide bomber had been killed and 24 others injured in a deadly suicide car bomb that rocked Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, Kabul police chief Abdul Rahman Rahimi said.

"Four people were killed and 24 others injured in the blast," Rahimi told reporters here at the site of the bloody blast.

All the victims are civilians, he added.

The suicide bomber was also killed in his blast, the official said.

A militant riding an explosive-borne car detonated it next the parking lot of the Ministry for Justice in downtown Kabul at 4:00 p.m. local time killing himself and inflicting casualties to civilians, according to police.

Although no group has claimed of responsibility, the official has pointed at the enemies of peace, a reference to the Taliban militants.

Meantime, hospital sources said that more than 40 injured people had been taken to hospitals for medical treatment.

The deadly suicide attack is the second one in three days and the third attack on judiciary over the past one month in Kabul.

In the previous suicide attack which happened on Sunday morning and Taliban outfit claimed of responsibility, three people had been killed and 18 others, all civilians had been injured.

Two more suicide bombings against the buses of the employees of Attorney General Office in Kabul over the past one month had claimed at least six lives and injured more than three dozen others.

Taliban militants fighting the government to regain power have vowed to intensify activities against government interests.

The armed outfit which launched its so-called spring offensive in April 24, since then has launched series of offensives mostly in the shape of the deadly suicide bombings, roadside attacks and front war which have claimed hundreds of lives including militants, security personnel and civilians.

Moreover, Afghan observers believe that the Taliban-led militancy would get further momentum in spring and summer to consolidate positions before the winter onset. Endi