20 police personnel dead in Logar attack

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): At least 20 policemen were killed and nine others wounded after a group of insurgents stormed the police headquarters in central Logar province on Tuesday, an official said.

Din Mohammad Darwesh, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News one of the attackers detonated his explosives at the entrance gate at around 1: 00 pm, while three others forced their way inside the facility.

Two of the attackers detonated their explosives inside the headquarters while the last one blew himself up inside the canteen, he said.

Logar Police Chief Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai told the police force suffered “heavy casualties” amid reports that dozens of police personnel were gathered for lunch in the canteen.

Wishing not to be named, a doctor at Logar hospital, said 20 wounded policemen had been referred to Kabul for treatment.

In the wake of stringent security measures, it could not be ascertained how militants managed to enter the facility. As usual, police said the investigation was underway.

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