DEADLY SUICIDE BLAST HITS MINI-BUS IN AFGHAN CAPITAL
Image : Omar Subhani / Reuters
Kabul,Afghanistan -- A suicide bomber blew up a mini-bus carrying foreign and local contract workers near Kabul airport in Afghanistan on Tuesday, with at least nine bodies lying near the wreckage, a Reuters witness at the scene said.
Afghan insurgent group Hizb-e-Islami claimed responsibility for the suicide attack. They said it was in retaliation for the film about Prophet Mohammad.
"A woman wearing a suicide vest blew herself up in response to the anti-Islam video," said Zubair Sediqqi, a spokesman for Hizb told Reuters.A senior police source told Reuters that eight of those killed were foreigners working for an international courier company.
18/09/2012 : NBC News / Reuters
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