Kandahar: At least 16 people were killed and 38 were injured when a minivan stuffed with explosives detonated as security forces were trying to defuse it in Kandahar on Tuesday.
Mohammad Qasim Azad, Police Spokesperson informed the media that “As the security forces were trying to defuse the van, it detonated.”
“The latest figures show 16 dead and 38 wounded people brought to the hospital. We still have two ambulances at the site because there might be more people under the rubble,” said Dr. Nehmat Barak, chief of the Mirwais Hospital in Kandahar.
Provincial governor spokesman Daud Ahmadi said Security forces in Kandahar had already cleared the area around a bus station where the van was found. Ahmadi confirmed the toll, adding that the dead included four security forces personnel. At least five children and 10 members of the security forces were among the wounded.
“Security forces also found a large container of explosives, rocket-propelled grenades, suicide vests, and ammunition near the site,” added Ahmadi.
“The terrorists planned to conduct a big attack at end of Ramadan in the city among crowds of people as they went out shopping for Eid… security forces prevented a disaster from happening,” one security official told the reporters.
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