国产精品99一区二区三_免费中文日韩_国产在线精品一区二区_日本成人手机在线

Death toll rises to 95 in Kabul ambulance bomb blast: official

Source: Xinhua| 2018-01-27 22:59:27|Editor: Mu Xuequan
Video PlayerClose

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-BLAST

Security force members stand guard at the blast site in Kabul, Afghanistan, Jan. 27, 2018. Death toll from an explosive-laden ambulance detonated by a terrorist in Kabul on Saturday rose to 95, with 158 others wounded, according to a Public Health Ministry spokesman. (Xinhua/Rahmat Alizadah)

KABUL, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Death toll from an explosive-laden ambulance detonated by a terrorist in Kabul on Saturday rose to 95, with 158 others wounded, according to a Public Health Ministry spokesman.

The latest figures showed that 95 people were killed and 158 others injured in the explosion which occurred near Sidarat Square, spokesman Whahid Majroh told Xinhua via phone.

The blast occurred roughly at 12:50 p.m. local time (0820 GMT) in front of Jamhoriat Hospital, where several government offices are located.

Taliban militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack. The assailant had used an ambulance to reach the area, which is closed for public vehicles.

Afghan security forces sealed off the scene shortly after the deadly explosion, while ambulances and civilian cars evacuated the victims to the city's hospitals.

The old building of the Afghan Interior Ministry is also located at the crowded area. The High Peace Council office has recently moved to the old building after the interior ministry moved to a new facility.

Shops, buildings including Jamhoriat or republic hospital building and many cars were severely damaged.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah strongly condemned the deadly attack, the fifth major terror attack in the country in January.

Scores of people rushed to hospitals across the city to donate blood for the victims as many of the wounded remained in critical condition.

Among those affected were many women and children. Afghanistan's ICRC has twitted that "ambulances are for saving lives, not destroying them."

"The use of an ambulance in today's attack in Kabul is harrowing. This could amount to perfidy under IHL (International Humanitarian Law). Unacceptable and unjustifiable," it said.

On Jan. 20, more than 20 people, including 14 foreigners, were killed after Taliban attacked a luxury hotel in Kabul.

KEY WORDS: explosion
YOU MAY LIKE
EXPLORE XINHUANET
010020070750000000000000011105091369298531
主站蜘蛛池模板: 来凤县| 南郑县| 留坝县| 滨州市| 芜湖市| 西林县| 南汇区| 阳高县| 万盛区| 高淳县| 龙里县| 斗六市| 岳阳市| 安西县| 塔河县| 宣城市| 吴川市| 大埔区| 佛学| 诸暨市| 全南县| 沅江市| 嘉鱼县| 新野县| 江西省| 张家港市| 利津县| 永春县| 清苑县| 互助| 广汉市| 磐安县| 阿坝| 茂名市| 武邑县| 东莞市| 建昌县| 黑水县| 襄垣县| 如东县| 晋宁县|