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Scores of people wounded and several killed in Kabul blast Kabul blast kills and wounds scores of people
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A bomb hidden in an ambulance went off at a police checkpoint in the Afghan capital Bomb hidden in ambulance explodes at police checkpoint in Afghan capital
Reuters in KabulReuters in Kabul
Sat 27 Jan 2018 10.40 GMTSat 27 Jan 2018 10.40 GMT
Last modified on Sat 27 Jan 2018 11.06 GMT
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A bomb hidden in an ambulance killed and wounded scores of people at a police checkpoint in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, in an area near foreign embassies and government buildings, officials said. A bomb hidden in an ambulance has killed and wounded scores of people at an Afghan police checkpoint in an area of Kabul near foreign embassies and government buildings, officials said.
Health ministry spokesman Wahid Majroh said at least 40 had been killed and 140 were wounded in the attack. The health ministry spokesman Wahid Majroh said at least 40 had been killed and 140 wounded in the attack on Saturday.
“It is a massacre,” said Dejan Panic, the coordinator for Italian aid group Emergency. In a message on Twitter, the group said more than 50 wounded had been brought to a nearby trauma hospital it runs. “It is a massacre,” said Dejan Panic, the coordinator for the Italian aid organisation Emergency. In a message on Twitter, the group said more than 50 wounded had been brought to a nearby trauma hospital it runs.
Mirwais Yasini, an MP who was nearby when the explosion occurred, said the ambulance approached the checkpoint, close to an office of the High Peace Council and several foreign embassies, and blew up. Mirwais Yasini, a politician who was nearby when the explosion occurred, said the ambulance blew up as it approached the checkpoint near an office of the Afghan High Peace Council and several foreign embassies. He said a number of people were lying on the ground.
He said a number of people were lying on the ground. Smoke rose from the blast area in the centre of the capital and buildings hundreds of metres away were shaken by the explosion.
A plume of grey smoke rose from the blast area in the city centre and buildings hundreds of metres away were shaken by the force of the explosion. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the explosion came amid heightened security alerts following an attack on the Intercontinental hotel a week ago. Responsibility for that attack, which killed more than 20 people, was claimed by the Taliban.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the blast came after heightened security alerts following an attack on the Intercontinental hotel attack a week ago. That attack, in which more than 20 people were killed, was claimed by the Taliban.
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