July 21, 2014 03:38 pm | Updated April 22, 2016 02:31 am IST - KABUL
A suicide bomber targeted a police convoy in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province on Monday, killing two people, a policeman and a civilian, a local official said.
The attack took place in the Helmand provincial capital of Lashkar Gah, said Omar Zwak, the spokesman for the provincial Governor. He said the explosion also wounded 15 people eight policemen and seven civilians. The police convoy was en route to the district of Sangin for an operation there, he added.
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