2nd LD Writethru: Two suicide bombers killed in Afghan capital explosion
Xinhua, July 11, 2015 Adjust font size:
Two suicide bombers died while one bystander child wounded in an explosion in southeastern Afghan capital of Kabul on Saturday, police said.
"Two suicide bombers riding a motorcycle died after their explosive went off prematurely near a industrial park in Bagrami locality at around 5:00 p.m. local time. The blast caused two bombers killed on the spot and injured one child," the police official told Xinhua anonymously.
The target of the attack remained unknown.
The injured who received minor injuries has been shifted to a nearby hospital while security forces have cordoned off the area for precautionary measures.
The Taliban-led insurgency has been rampant since April 24 when the militant group launched its so-called annual spring offensive in different places of the militancy-plagued Afghanistan which had claimed hundreds of lives including militants, security personnel and civilians.
Earlier on Saturday, three children were killed and three other children wounded when a bomb was detonated in a shop near a religious school in southern Kandahar province, the provincial government confirmed.
More than 970 civilians were killed and nearly 1,960 others wounded in conflicts and Taliban-led insurgency in the first four months of 2015, according to official figures released by the UN mission in the country. Endi