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1st LD Writethru: 6 civilians injured as suicide bomber targets bus of gov't employees in Afghan capital

Xinhua, October 5, 2016 Adjust font size:

Six civilians sustained injuries as a suicide bomber targeted a bus of the Ministry for Mines and Petroleum here in the Afghan capital on Wednesday, a police officer said.

"A terrorist with explosive device on his body blew himself up next to a bus of the employees of the Ministry for Mines and Petroleum at around 05:00 p.m. (local time) today, injuring the driver of the bus and five passersby," the officer told Xinhua, but he declined to be identified, saying an authorized official would talk to the media.

However, he added that the bus was empty because it had already dropped the employees to their houses.

Meanwhile, a senior police officer with Kabul Police, Faridon Abidi, in talks with journalists at the site of the blast, confirmed that the attacker was killed and six civilians were injured.

The official, without giving more details, said that an investigation has been initiated into the incident. Endit