The attacker attempted to detonate his explosives on a convoy of cars sent in advance of the minister's vehicle, just north of Kabul, perhaps thinking the minister was inside, as he was being taken to visit the Panjshir valley, said spokesman Siddiq Siddiqui. "In Sayed Khail (a district of Parwan province) a suicide attacker runs toward this convoy, but gets shot by bodyguards before being able to detonate himself," he said. The local police chief said the bomber's body was in police custody and "we are trying to untie his explosives-filled vest from his body".
That doesn't sound like a good idea. |