Reuters: Suicide bomber targets Afghan MP, kills 1

[Eugene]

Suicide bomber targets Afghan MP, kills 1
22 Dec 2006 10:23:23 GMT
Source: Reuters

KABUL, Dec 22 (Reuters) - A suicide bomber targeting an Afghan member
of parliament killed one person and wounded at least seven more in Kabul
on Friday, police said.

The MP, Padshah Khan Zadran, escaped unhurt when the man with explosives
strapped to his body threw himself at the politician's car.

At least three of Zadran's bodyguards were wounded in the attack, along
with five passers-by. The vehicle was destroyed by the blast, and the
street in the capital was stained with blood.

Alishah Paktiawal, from the police crime branch, said one of the wounded
later died in hospital.

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Full article: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP158285.htm

[maddezmom]

1. Bomb blast kills 5 Afghan police

KABUL (Reuters) - A remote-controlled bomb targeting an Afghan police convoy killed five policemen in the troubled southern province of Uruzgan on Friday, a provincial government official said.

No further details were immediately available, spokesman Abdul Qayon said. Earlier in the day, a suicide bomber trying to assassinate a member of parliament killed one civilian and wounded seven in Kabul, police said.

The targeted MP, Padshah Khan Zadran, escaped unhurt when the man with explosives strapped to his body threw himself at the politician's car.

At least three of Zadran's bodyguards were wounded in the attack, along with five passers-by. The vehicle was destroyed by the blast, and the street in the capital was stained with blood.

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