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2021-03-17 Afghanistan
2 Killed in Attack on University Lecturers Bus in Baghlan
[ToloNews] A student and a driver were killed and six more were maimed in a button men attack on a bus carrying lecturers and students from Baghlan University in the city of Pul-e-Khumri on Tuesday morning, sources said.

Police said the incident happened on the outskirts of the city of Pul-e-Khumri, the center of Baghlan when the lecturers and the students were heading to Baghlan University.

"The bus was carrying about 25 lecturers and students," sources said.

Baghlan police blamed the Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
for the attack but the group has not yet commented.

Police have not yet commented on the casualties.

Taliban denied involvement in the attack.
Posted by trailing wife 2021-03-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11139 views ]  Top

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