Suicide Bomber Killed 10 People : Kabul

Friday, February 26, 2010 at 12:04 pm

A suicide bomber killed 10 people near an upmarket shopping and hotel complex in the heart of Kabul today, while police shot dead two other would-be attackers.
A military official said that 10 people were killed and 11 others wounded. Witnesses reported at least two smaller blasts around the Safi Landmark complex as police cordoned off the area, ambulances rushed to the scene and sporadic gunfire was heard. Witnesses said it was followed by two or three smaller blasts as grey smoke billowed over the area. The heavily fortified centre of Kabul has been relatively calm since January 18, when Taliban gunmen stormed the city’s commercial heart, taking over buildings, detonating suicide vests and killing at least five people. Shattered glass carpeted the road outside the Park Residence Hotel, a guesthouse frequented by foreigners in the centre of the city. Police commandos were seen using ladders to scale the glass outside wall of the guesthouse. The low-rise hotel overlooks Sar-I-Naw Park — popular with men who attend cock fights and volleyball matches — and is adjacent to the eight-story City Centre shopping mall and Safi Landmark Hotel.

Suicide Bomber Killed 10 People : Kabul

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