Ex-deputy sheriff among dead in Kabul suicide car bombing

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Local officials said on Sunday a former deputy sheriff from Georgia was among the victims of a suicide car bombing in Afghanistan the day before.

Related: Deadly suicide bomb attack on Nato convoy in Kabul

Local media reports, citing the Floyd County sheriff’s office, identified the victim as Barry Sutton, a contractor for DynCorp International who was killed in Kabul on Saturday. He was helping train Afghan law enforcement as part of Nato’s Resolute Support Mission.

A suicide bomber attacked a Nato convoy travelling through a crowded Kabul neighbourhood, killing at least 12 people including Sutton and two other American civilian contractors. Some 66 people were wounded.

Sutton, a former senior deputy, worked for the sheriff’s office from 2009 to 2011. He was a Floyd County police officer for more than 13 years.