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| Kabul: bomb hidden in ambulance kills dozens | |
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| Attacker passed first checkpoint by claiming he had a patient, then detonated explosives | Attacker passed first checkpoint by claiming he had a patient, then detonated explosives |
| Emma Graham-Harrison and Akhtar Mohammad Makoii | |
| Sat 27 Jan 2018 14.28 GMT | |
| First published on Sat 27 Jan 2018 10.40 GMT | First published on Sat 27 Jan 2018 10.40 GMT |
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| A bomb hidden in an ambulance in Kabul has killed at least 63 people and injured more than 150, the latest in a string of high-profile and deadly attacks in Afghanistan. | A bomb hidden in an ambulance in Kabul has killed at least 63 people and injured more than 150, the latest in a string of high-profile and deadly attacks in Afghanistan. |
| The explosives were detonated at a police checkpoint where the streets are often crowded with people waiting to visit nearby offices, and vendors serving them. | The explosives were detonated at a police checkpoint where the streets are often crowded with people waiting to visit nearby offices, and vendors serving them. |
| Witnesses said bodies were strewn across the pavement. “It’s a massacre,” said Dejan Panic, a coordinator for the nearby Emergency hospital, run by an Italian charity, where many victims were taken for treatment. | Witnesses said bodies were strewn across the pavement. “It’s a massacre,” said Dejan Panic, a coordinator for the nearby Emergency hospital, run by an Italian charity, where many victims were taken for treatment. |
| The death toll given by interior ministry spokesman, Najee Danish, rose rapidly in the wake of the blast, and may climb further. Most of the dead are thought to be people who were standing near the ambulance. | The death toll given by interior ministry spokesman, Najee Danish, rose rapidly in the wake of the blast, and may climb further. Most of the dead are thought to be people who were standing near the ambulance. |
| Although the force of the blast shook buildings hundreds of metres away, it is likely to have caused less damage to heavily fortified government buildings and embassies in the area. | Although the force of the blast shook buildings hundreds of metres away, it is likely to have caused less damage to heavily fortified government buildings and embassies in the area. |
| The interior ministry and the European Union and Dutch embassies are among the buildings along the street that was targeted. The attacker passed a first checkpoint by claiming he was rushing a patient to a nearby checkpoint, and then detonated his suicide bomb at a second checkpoint. | The interior ministry and the European Union and Dutch embassies are among the buildings along the street that was targeted. The attacker passed a first checkpoint by claiming he was rushing a patient to a nearby checkpoint, and then detonated his suicide bomb at a second checkpoint. |
| The attack came a week after Taliban attackers stormed the city’s high-end Intercontinental hotel, killing at least 22 people, and four days after an Isis suicide bomber attacked the offices of the Save the Children charity in eastern Afghanistan. | The attack came a week after Taliban attackers stormed the city’s high-end Intercontinental hotel, killing at least 22 people, and four days after an Isis suicide bomber attacked the offices of the Save the Children charity in eastern Afghanistan. |
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