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Double Suicide Bombings in Kabul Killed 25 People, Including 9 Journalists

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6 years ago

April 30, 2018

RajKumar

According to Afghanistan’s health ministry, a pair of suicide bombings in Kabul has killed 25 people, including nine journalists. The Afghan government said that the Monday’s first explosion in Kabul came from an attacker who was on a motorcycle. When the journalists responded to cover the first explosion, the second attacker dressed as a journalist got close to the location and detonated a second blast among the reporters.

Suicide Bombings in Kabul

In addition to 25 dead people, the government also confirmed that nearly 45 people were wounded. The nine journalists are Shah Marai (photographer for Agence France-Presse), Ebadullah Hananzai and Sabawoon Kakar (Radio Free Europe), Yar Mohammad Tokhi (Tolonews cameraman), Ghazi Rasooli (1TV reporter), Nowrooz Rajabj (1TV cameraman), Saleem Talash (Mashal TV reporter), Mahram Durani (journalist from Shamsad TV) and Ali Salimi (Mashal TV Cameraman).

Recently, the number of attacks in Afghanistan has stepped up, including an ambulance bomb which killed nearly 50 people on April 22 and Car bombing on last Saturday killed six people, including two soldiers.

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