Suicide bomber kills 14 Afghan children

by mudricky | December 28, 2008 at 03:40 pm

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14 children have been killed after a suicide bomber attacked a government building.

This happened in the Khost province of Afghanistan, the building was next to a school.

Reports say a total 58 people were hurt, most of them children.

The attacker detonated an explosives-laden car he was driving when police opened fire to prevent him from reaching the government building where officials were meeting.

Local leaders were holding talks with the district governor about security and planning for next year's presidential elections.

Children killed in Afghan attack
A suicide bomber has hit a government building in eastern Afghanistan, killing 16 people, 14 of them children, local police said.

A doctor at a hospital in Khost said 58 people - many of them children - were hurt in the attack, close to a school.