Victims are waiting to be loaded into an ambulance at the scene of a suicide car bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. Six militants — one driving a car packed with explosives — attacked the gate of the Afghan intelligence service in the capital Kabul on Wednesday, setting off a blast that could be heard throughout downtown and which sent a plume of dark smoke rising into the sky. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)
Afghan police: Suicide bomber misses NATO, kills 5
Published: 06:53:23 AM, Fri 25 January 2013 UTC
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan police say a suicide car bomber has killed five civilians and wounded another 25 in a botched attempt to hit a convoy of NATO supply trucks in eastern Afghanistan.
Gen. Faziluddin Ayar, who is responsible for the east, says the bomber missed the convoy, which suffered no damage. The attack took place Friday in the Tagab district of eastern Kapisa province.
The Ministry of Interior says in a statement that the bomber instead rammed into a residential home, killing those inside. It says four of the dead were from the same family.
The Taliban claimed responsibility in a text message sent to news media.
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