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Two suicide bombings that rocked Afghan capital city Kabul since Thursday morning have claimed nine lives including two attackers and injured 31 others, officials said.
In the latest deadly attack which occurred at 05:20 p.m. local time Thursday, two persons including the bomber were killed and 20 others sustained injuries, Kabul police chief Abdul Rahman Rahimi said.
The blast occurred while hundreds of people gathered at the hall of the French cultural center in the French built High School the Istiqlal Lycee in downtown Kabul.
Istiqlal Lycee is located next to the Arg or Presidential Palace, the Foreign Ministry and the fortified Kabul Serena Hotel where security cameras are installed. "One person was killed and some 20 others sustained injuries in the suicide attack," Rahimi told reporters here.
The attacker was also killed in his blast, the Kabul police chief said, adding the bomber was a teenager probably 16 or 17 years old who hide himself among the onlookers.
The blast happened while hundreds of people were watching a theatrical show titled "Heart beat: the silence after explosion"at the hall of the school, aimed at expressing hatred to militancy and condemning suicide bombings which claim the lives of people in the conflict-ridden country.
The person killed in the blast, according to some sources, is a foreigner. However, officials have yet to identify the victim.
Kabul police chief Rahimi said that more details will be made public after investigation.
This is the second suicide attacks that have rocked Kabul since Thursday morning.
In the previous attack which targeted a bus of Afghan national army and Taliban have claimed of responsibility, seven persons including the attacker and six personnel of the Afghan national army were killed and 11 others injured. Enditem
