Suicide blast in Afghanistan kills four

Sun, May 18 10:10 PM

Kabul, May 18 (Xinhua) A suicide bomb attack targeting a police patrol Sunday killed four people and injured eight others, including five policemen, in southern Afghan district Hemland, an official said.

The blast took place around 7.20 p.m. local time at a busy market in the Musa Qala town, provincial police chief Mohammad Hussein Andiwal told Xinhua. 'A suicide bomber triggered a blast near a police vehicle as a convoy of two police vehicles were patrolling,' he said.

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