Agencies
KABUL — Back to back suicide bombs exploded Monday morning near an Afghan security compound in a highly secure area of the Afghan capital, killing at least 25 people, including journalists, police said.
The second blast came as news photographers and crews were rushing to the scene, and at least seven journalists were killed, the Afghan Journalists Safety Committee said.
Agence France-Presse identified one of the dead as Shah Marai, its chief photographer in Kabul.
The Afghan Journalists Safety Committee said other victims included a cameramen for TOLO TV and TV 1, two Afghan news organizations.
The first blast left at least five people dead and four others wounded, according to police. The second was more powerful, and appeared to follow a pattern of double bombings intended to draw people to the site and inflict greater harm with a second blast.
The second suicide bomber was on foot, a police official said, and mingled among the crowd of journalists who had gathered after the first blast.Police spokesman Hashmat Stanekzai told the Associated Press that 25 were killed and 45 wounded.
No group has claimed responsibility for the twin attack, which came just over a week after a massive suicide bombing occurred outside a voter ID registration center, killing more than 50 people. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for that attack |
