Suicide Blast Kills 3 Near Prison in Afghan Capital

Suicide Blast Kills 3 Near Prison in Afghan Capital
View of the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, January 25, 2016. Picture taken on Jan. 25, 2016. (Reuters/Mohammad Ismail/File Photo)
Reuters
10/31/2018
Updated:
10/31/2018
KABULA suicide bomber blew himself up near the gate of Afghanistan’s largest prison on Oct. 31, killing at least three people and wounding three, officials said, but there was no immediate claim of responsibility.

Interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish said the attacker detonated his explosive near a vehicle of the employees of the Pul-e-Charki prison in Kabul, the capital.

Three people died near the gate of the prison on the eastern outskirts of Kabul, and three were injured, another government official said.

By Abdul Qadir Sediqi and Rupam Jain