Suicide bomb kills at least 10 and injured 54, police comment
(30 Sep 2006) SHOTLIST 1. Various of ambulances arriving at the scene 2. Medium of police 3. Wide of fire engine arriving at the scene 4. Medium of police, fire engines and firefighters in the background 5. Medium of police pick-up truck driving by 6. Medium of three people watching 7. Medium of ambulance coming out from hospital 8. Medium of man talking on mobile phone 9. Various of police at the scene 10. Various of police and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) forces 11. Set up shot of Ali Shah Paktiawal, criminal director of Kabul police 12. SOUNDBITE (Pashtu) Ali Shah Paktiawal, criminal director of Kabul police: "At eight o'clock this morning a suicide bomber detonated himself. As result a lot of people were injured and killed, as well as the bomber himself. Three shops were destroyed. An investigation is underway." 13. Medium of police outside Jamhoriat hospital 14. Mid of ambulance driving 15. Various of victims' relatives and police outside the hospital STORYLINE A suicide bomber exploded next to Afghanistan's Interior Ministry on Saturday, killing at least 12 people and wounding more than 40, officials said. The Interior Ministry said 12 people were killed, including two policemen, and that 42 were injured. A Public Health Ministry official said 54 had been injured. He said the wounded had been taken to six different hospitals in Kabul, complicating officials' efforts to keep track of the casualties. The explosion happened a little before 8 a.m., as ministry employees were reporting to work, near a narrow dirt road where employees and civilians pass through a security gate. The Interior Ministry said the suicide attacker had been acting suspiciously, then tried to get close to a big gathering of people just beyond a police checkpoint. Criminal director of Kabul police Ali Shah Paktiawal told AP Television that an investigation into the incident was underway. Ambulances rushed to and from the bomb scene, which police cordoned off. Windows of nearby shops were shattered, and tables were overturned and thrown to the back of the shops by the blast. At least three shops were destroyed. Militants have been stepping up attacks across Afghanistan the last several months, including the use of roadside and suicide bombs. A suicide bomber killed 18 people in an attack outside the Helmand provincial governor's compound in the town of Lashkar Gah on Tuesday, and earlier this month a suicide car bomber rammed a US military convoy in Kabul, killing 16 people, including two American soldiers. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
