Lashkargah: 16 wounded in motorcycle bomb blast

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Sixteen civilians were wounded on Sunday when a bomb-rigged motorcycle went off in this capital city of southern Helmand province.

A reliable source in the Helmand provincial administration told Pajhwok Afghan News the bomb was attached to a motorcycle which exploded in limits of first police district of Lashkargah city.

He said 16 civilians were wounded as a result of the blast.

Helmand police spokesman Mohammad Zaman Hamdard confirmed the blast, but he had no correct figures.

An eye witness Noor Mohammad said eight wounded were carried in an ambulance and some of the wounded were in critical condition.

Officials at the Emergency-run hospital in Lashkargah said they had been delivered 15 wounded and one dead body.

No group has so far claimed responsibility for the incident.

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