Suicide attack on Afghan police bus kills five: officials

Suicide attack on Afghan police bus kills five: officials

Kabul: A suicide car bomb attack on a bus carrying police officers and workers in central Afghanistan killed at least five people Saturday, officials said.

Another 12 were wounded in the Wardak provincial capital of Maidan Shar, provincial police spokesman Hekmatullah Durrani told AFP.

The explosion happened as the bus entered the main entrance of a police compound. Two officers and three workers were among the dead, Durrani said.

The wounded were all mechanics on the base.
Provincial governor spokesman Abdul Rahman Mangal put the death toll slightly higher at six.

APP/AFP