The casualties among civilians and employees of diplomatic offices could be at least 25. The attacker also died in the fire fight with the police
An attack in the Afghan capital Kabul resulted in the deaths of at least two officials who worked in the Russian embassy in the country. This was reported on Moscow Foreign Ministry. The explosion right at the entrance to the Kremlin diplomacy offices, injuring a guard and another embassy employee. The person responsible for the attack was killed in the fire fight with the police officers, who had managed to stop him just a few meters from the entrance.
Compared to what is reported by Ria Novostithe explosion may have involved many more people, 10 victims, while Al Jazeera e Tass talk about 25 dead and many injured, some seriously. The attack allegedly took place when officials began asking for details from a group of people who were lined up in front of the Russian embassy to issue a visa.
Khalid Zadran, spokesman for the chief of the Kabul police, later explained that the explosion was caused by an attempted kamikaze attack by the suicide bomber, who had tried to blow himself up in the queuing crowd, but was neutralized shortly before by agents. The area has been isolated by the police to facilitate the ongoing investigation.
At the moment there has been no claim for the attack, while the authorities have not yet understood whether the attacker had acted alone or if he had accomplices or was part of a group. It is not even possible to say whether or not there was a relationship with the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. The attack occurred about a year after the establishment of a Taliban government in the country.
Il Kremlin he categorically condemned the attack: We are certainly talking about a terrorist attack. We strongly condemn such attacks. Of course, the main thing to do now is to receive information from the place where our representatives are located, our diplomats, said the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov . The Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov he assured that the security of the embassy will be strengthened immediately.
September 5, 2022 (change September 5, 2022 | 12:54)
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