KABUL, Afghanistan - A teenage suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded bazaar in northwest Afghanistan on friday, killing at least nine people and wounding 30 others, police said.
The attack targeted the head of the Faryab provicial council, Mullah Rahmatullah Turkistani, police chief Khalil Andarabi said.Turkistani, who was wounded in the blast, regularly visits the bazaar in Khwaja Sabz Post district on fridays to hear citizens' concerns and dine at a local restaurant, Andarabi said.
"witnesses told police that they saw a teenage boy walking in the bazaar," Andarabi said. He was probably waiting for his target to come."
When Turkistani arrived, the teenager walked towards him and detonated his cache of explosives, killing an afghan policeman and wounding 30 more,Andarabi said.
The attack targeted the head of the Faryab provicial council, Mullah Rahmatullah Turkistani, police chief Khalil Andarabi said.Turkistani, who was wounded in the blast, regularly visits the bazaar in Khwaja Sabz Post district on fridays to hear citizens' concerns and dine at a local restaurant, Andarabi said.
"witnesses told police that they saw a teenage boy walking in the bazaar," Andarabi said. He was probably waiting for his target to come."
When Turkistani arrived, the teenager walked towards him and detonated his cache of explosives, killing an afghan policeman and wounding 30 more,Andarabi said.