Suicide Bomber Kills 25 AfghanPolicemen -- Yahoo News/AFP
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) – A suicide bomber in police uniform killed 25 policemen and wounded several others Monday after infiltrating their morning exercises in southern Afghanistan, authorities said.
The powerful blast, claimed by the insurgent Taliban, was the deadliest in Afghanistan this year and caused a scene of bloody carnage that an ambulance driver likened to a butcher's shop.
The bomber walked into the station in the town of Tirin Kot, capital of the southern province of Uruzgan, at 9:30 am (0500 GMT) and detonated explosives strapped to his body, authorities said.
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