A suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into a British
embassy vehicle in the Afghan capital on Thursday killing not less
than five people, including a British security guard, officials said.
AP was there:
An Afghan national who was driving the vehicle was also
killed, and a second British security guard was wounded, Britain’s
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said in a statement.
Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry spokesman Seddiq Sediqqi confirmed
that four Afghans were killed in the attack and said another 33
civilians were wounded.
Earlier the British Embassy said no diplomats were riding in the car at the time it was hit.
“I am deeply saddened to confirm that a British national civilian
security team member and an Afghan national working for the embassy were
killed in the incident. A second British member of the security team
was injured,” Hammond said.
Families of the victims had been informed, his statement said, but gave no further details.
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