| PUCHAR SWIATA SIATKARZY (FIVB WORLD CUP 2011). 11. KOLEJKA. MECZ POLSKA - ROSJA Two Afghanistan bombings aimed at Shiites kill at least 60+ people A suicide bomber killed at least 55 people outside a Kabul shrine and injured 134, and a bicycle bomb detonated near a Shiite gathering in Mazar-i-Sharif, killing at least four and hurting 16. Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan, and Islamabad,— Bomb blasts targeting Shiite Muslim gatherings Tuesday in two Afghan cities killed at least 59 people and injured 150, a rare outbreak of sectarian violence in a country racked by 10 years of war with Taliban insurgents. A noontime blast in Kabul, the capital, involved a suicide bomber hidden among a throng of Shiite worshipers outside the Abul Fazal Abbas shrine, said Gen. Mohammed Zahir, head of criminal investigations for the Kabul police. That attack killed at least 55 people and injured 134, the Interior Ministry said. At about the same time in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, a bomb on a bicycle detonated near a gathering of Shiites, killing at least four people and injuring 16, provincial and Interior Ministry officials said. The bomb exploded as a Shiite procession was heading toward a city shrine, said Gen. Abdul Taj, a top police official in Balkh province, where Mazar-i-Sharif is located. Another nearby bomb probably meant for the procession was found and defused, Taj said. The attacks occurred on the Shiite holy day of Ashura, which commemorates the anniversary of the 7th ... |
