Ten die in Afghan education office attack
Kabul, July 11: At least 10 people were killed and many others injured in an attack on Wednesday on an education department office in Afghanistan's Jalalabad, an assault that security forces ended after several hours of fighting.
"In this attack so far 10 people are killed and 10 more injured. More details will be shared later," said the Nangarhar province governor spokesperson Attaullah Khogyani who did not provide details on the number of attackers.
Khogyani said the clashes had begun at 9.30 a.m. in western Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar. During the assault, several workers were trapped inside the building, Khogyani confirmed to the Efe news.
In June, four rebels were killed and 10 civilians wounded in an attack on the provincial headquarters of the education ministry in Jalalabad, although the building targeted on Wednesday belongs to the city's education office.
Until now, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack in Nangarhar, a hotbed for militant groups, including the Taliban and the Islamic State.
This is the third major attack in the city this month, and comes a day after at least 11 people were killed and four others wounded in a suicide attack on a security check-post.
On July 1, 19 people - mostly from the minority Hindu and Sikh communities - were killed and 21 wounded in a suicide attack, which coincided with a visit by President Ashraf Ghani.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
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