Sunday, May 22, 2011

Six dead in an attack against a military hospital in Kabul

The military hospital in Kabul was shot Saturday, May 21 by a suicide bombing, which left six dead and 23 wounded, said the spokesman of the Afghan Ministry of Defense. "There was a suicide bombing in a tent used as a refectory for students in medicine from the hospital," said Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi.

"The explosion killed six people and injured 23. All the victims are students in medicine," he added. The military hospital in Kabul is supposed to be one of the best protected areas among the Afghan capital, itself already under high security. A spokesman for the insurgent Taliban, Zabihullah Muajahid, has claimed responsibility, saying that "suicide attack" was carried out by two suicide bombers.

He said the victims were all military. General Azimi said his side that there was only one explosion, and denied reports of a second suicide bomber released. According to the criminal police chief of Kabul, the police nevertheless continued into the early afternoon to search the hospital in search of other possible suicide bombers inside.

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