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Suicide bomber attacks busy shop in Afghanistan
A suicide bomber detonated his explosives at a busy produce shop in southern Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 10 people, the governor said.
- Agencies
- Published: 14:07 January 9, 2009
Kandahar: A suicide bomber detonated his explosives at a busy produce shop in southern Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 10 people, the governor said.
The bomber was apparently targeting a police official who was inside the shop, said Ghulam Dastagir Azad, the governor of Nimroz province.
The explosion in the provincial capital killed the official, another police officer and at least eight civilians, he said.
Four shops were also destroyed in the blast.
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