Dozens dead in bombing at Kabul voter registration centre

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: The Guardian

A suicide bomber has killed at least 31 people and wounded dozens outside a voter registration centre in Kabul, the health ministry said, in the latest attack on election preparations.

The public health ministry spokesman Wahid Majro said another 54 people were wounded in Sunday’s attack. Gen Daud Amin, the Kabul police chief, said the suicide bomber targeted civilians who had gathered to receive national identification cards.
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The large explosion echoed across the city, shattering windows miles away from the attack site and damaging several nearby vehicles. Police blocked all roads to the blast site, with only ambulances allowed in. Local TV stations broadcast live footage of hundreds of distraught people gathered at nearby hospitals seeking information about loved ones.

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility in a statement carried by its Aamaq news agency, saying it had targeted Shia “apostates”. Isis is opposed to the country holding democratic elections.



Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/22/dozens-dead-in-kabul-bombing-at-voter-registration-centre-afghanistan

[LeftishBrit]

1. Horrible

[oberliner]

2. "Many of the victims were women and children who were here to get their identity cards..."

Absolutely sickening.

[nitpicker]

3. Link to BBC

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43855884

[Roy Rolling]

4. Same Old Same Old

In the U.S., the "taliban" uses voter ID to suppress the vote.