A coordinated double suicide bombing hit central Kabul on Monday morning, killing 25 people and wounding 45 others
Kabul, (Pakistan Point News - 30th Apr, 2018) : A coordinated double suicide bombing hit central Kabul on Monday morning, killing 25 people and wounding 45 others. Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Stanekzai confirmed that four policemen were killed, while an Afghan media watchdog, the Afghan Journalists Safety Committee (AJSC), confirmed that eight journalists were also killed. The AJSC said that six journalists were reportedly wounded in the attacks.
Agence France-Presse (AFP) confirmed that its chief photographer Shah Marai, a journalist from 1TV and one from Tolo news were among the dead. A first bomb was detonated by an assailant on a motorcycle and left at least four dead and five injured, according to the Interior Ministry. A second explosion came minutes after the first targeted reporters at the scene, Stanekzai said . "The bomber disguised himself as a journalist and detonated himself among the crowd," he said. A security source also confirmed both were suicide blasts. The militant Islamic State (IS) group claimed responsibility for the attacks in a statement issued via its propaganda agency Amaq. It claimed that two suicide bombers had targeted the Kabul headquarters of Afghanistan's intelligence services.
