Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Suicide attack kills 22 in Afghanistan

  • Three police officers die in the attack
  • Herat province is located in western Afghanistan

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A suicide bombing outside a district administrator's office in western Afghanistan killed 14 people, including three police officers, and wounded 13 others, a police official said.

The attack took place in the Guzara district of Herat province when a man in an SUV tried to enter the administrator's office compound, according Saeed Agha Saqib, the provincial police chief.

The bomber detonated his explosives when security forces wouldn't let him through.

CNN's Mitra Mobasherat contributed to this report.

 
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