Bomb kills at least 30 near girlsâ school in Afghanistant capital city
By RAHIM FAIEZ The Associated Press,Updated May 8, 2021, 1:09 p.m.
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An injured woman was transported to a hospital after a bomb explosion near a school in Kabul on Saturday.Rahmat Gul/Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) â A bomb exploded near a girlsâ school in a majority Shiite district of west Kabul on Saturday, killing at least 30 people, many of them young pupils between 11 and 15 years old. The Taliban condemned the attack and denied any responsibility.
Ambulances evacuated the wounded as relatives and residents screamed at authorities near the scene of the blast at Syed Al-Shahda school, in the Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood, Interior Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian said. The death toll was expected to rise further.
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A bomb exploded near a school in west Kabul on Saturday, 8 May, killing at least 25 people, many of them young students, Afghan government spokesmen said.
Ambulances were rushing to evacuate wounded from the scene of the blast near Syed Al-Shahda school, in the Shiite majority neighborhood of Dasht-e-Barchi, interior ministry spokesman Tariq Arian said.
Angry crowds attacked the ambulances and even beat health workers, said health ministry spokesman Ghulam Dastigar Nazari. He implored residents to cooperate and allow ambulances free access to the site.
Images circulating on social media purportedly showed smoke rising above the neighborhood.
At one nearby hospital, Associated Press journalists saw at least 20 dead bodies lined up in hallways and rooms, with dozens of wounded people and families of victims pressing through the facility.