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Suicide attack kills 3 in S. Afghanistan

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-06-27 00:21

KANDHAHAR, Afghanistan - A suicide attack claimed the lives of three persons in Uruzgan province south of Afghanistan on Saturday afternoon, police said.

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"A suicide bomber blew himself up next to a police van in the bazaar of Trinkot the capital of Uruzgan province this afternoon as a result three children were killed and four others , all civilians were injured," a police officer in Uruzgan's provincial capital Trinkot told Xinhua but refused to be named.

Meantime, governor of Uruzgan province Khudai Rahim confirmed the attack but did not make comment on the casualties, saying investigation is underway. ?

This is the second suicide attack in Afghanistan in a single day on Saturday. A similar attack shocked capital Kabul in the morning but caused no loss of life.