Suicide bomber kills three near Kabul stadium

A suicide bomber blew himself up near a cricket stadium in the Afghan capital Kabul yesterday, killing three people including a policeman and wounding five others, police said, reports AFP from Kabul.

The attacker detonated the bomb after he was stopped at a security checkpoint by suspicious police as he walked towards Kabul’s main cricket ground where a match was under way. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, the latest in a series of deadly assaults in the city.

“The security forces by sacrificing themselves have prevented the attacker from reaching the crowd (inside the stadium) and creating a catastrophe,” police spokesman Basir Mujahid told AFP.

Two of the wounded were police officers.

Several ambulances were seen speeding away from the scene, apparently taking the injured to hospital, an AFP reporter said.

Scores of police blocked the road leading to the stadium where the sixth match of the Shpageeza Cricket League, a domestic T20 tournament, between the Boost Defenders and Mis Ainak Knights was under way.

 

Suicide bomber kills three near Kabul stadium

A suicide bomber blew himself up near a cricket stadium in the Afghan capital Kabul yesterday, killing three people including a policeman and wounding five others, police said, reports AFP from Kabul. The attacker detonated the bomb after he was stopped at a security checkpoint by suspicious police as he walked towards Kabuls main cricket ground where a match was under way. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, the latest in a series of deadly assaults in the city. The security forces by sacrificing themselves have prevented the attacker from reaching the crowd (inside the stadium) and creating a catastrophe, police spokesman Basir Mujahid told AFP. Two of the wounded were police officers. Several ambulances were seen speeding away from the scene, apparently taking the injured to hospital, an AFP reporter said. Scores of police blocked the road leading to the stadium where the sixth match of the Shpageeza Cricket League, a domestic T20 tournament, between the Boost Defenders and Mis Ainak Knights was under way.