Joy turns to horror as bomber kills 63 at Kabul wedding

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KABUL Joy and celebration turned into horror and carnage when a suicide bomber targeted a packed Afghan wedding hall, killing at least 63 people in the deadliest attack to rock Kabul in months, officials and witnesses said yesterday. The blast, which took place late...

Interior ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said at least 63 people had been killed and 182 injured."Among the wounded are women and children," he said. Earlier he stated that the blast was caused by a suicide bomber.

"The wedding guests were dancing and celebrating the party when the blast happened," recounted Mr Munir Ahmad, 23, who was seriously injured and whose cousin was among the dead. In the aftermath, images from inside the hall showed blood-stained bodies on the ground along with pieces of flesh and torn clothes, hats, sandals and bottles of mineral water.

 

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