Document #1192914

RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)

Explosion Kills Four Afghan Women, Three Children

February 28, 2012
Local officials say an explosion at a residential compound in Afghanistan's southern Helmand Province has killed four women and three children.
 
Daud Ahamdi, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said the incident took place in the Nawi district on February 27.
 
Ahmadi said it appeared the explosion was caused by a bomb.
 
Police said they were investigating how the bomb came to explode in a residential compound.
 
Separately, the provincial governor's office said six suspected insurgents were killed and three injured by their own explosives when they were attempting to plant them in a car in the province's Nawzad district on February 26.
 
Based on AP and dpa reports

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ecoi.net description:
Helmand province: 4 women and 3 children killed in explosion at a residential compound, according to local officials
Country:
Afghanistan
Source:
RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)
Original link:
http://www.rferl.org/content/afghanistan_explosion/24498462.html
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Published:
28 February 2012
Document ID:
1192914 (former ID 211015)

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