Suicide bomber shot dead in Afghanistan
- November 22, 2013, 2:11 pm
- World News
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KANDAHAR CITY, Nov 20 (INP): Afghan police on Wednesday shot dead a suicide bomber trying to force his way into a government-run guesthouse in southern Kandahar province, an official said.
Javed Faisal, the governor’s spokesman, said police gunned down the bomber before he could enter the Mandigak Palace. The incident took place at 9:00am in Kandahar City.
Provincial police spokesman Ziaur Rahman Durrani believed the Kandahar police chief, Gen. Abdul Raziq, who was inside the compound at the time, was the apparent target.
He said the attacker, posing as a labourer, was trying to target the police chief at the under-construction site. The bomb disposal squad defused his explosive vest, he added.
Gen. Raziq, who has survived a string of suicide assaults, was injured in one such incident. The Taliban have not yet commented the botched attack.
