GHAZNI, Afghanistan, June 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A suicide car bombing killed eight Afghan police officers and wounded seven others, after targeting a police station in the country’s eastern Ghazni province, an official confirmed, Sunday.
The blast happened at about 9:50 p.m. Saturday, when a hijacked military vehicle packed with explosives crash into the provincial Reserve Police Force station in Esfandi area, some six km to the provincial capital, Ghazni city, killing eight police personnel and wounding seven others, Adam Khan Sirat, provincial police spokesman, said.
“Unfortunately, eight personnel of the Police Reserve Force unit were martyred and seven others suffered injuries, when a Taliban hijacked Humvee vehicle full of explosives slammed the police military unit building,” the spokesman confirmed.
A few weeks ago, an explosive-packed Humvee also went off near a police checkpoint on the outskirts of the city, killing two police officers and wounding 15 other people.– NNN-AGENCIES
