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Suicide attack kills Turkish engineers in Afghanistan: officials

A suicide attack killed three Turkish engineers and wounded another on Monday in eastern Afghanistan, officials said.

Updated on: Jun 2, 2014, 13:29:01 IST
AFP | By , Jalalabad
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A suicide attack killed three Turkish engineers and wounded another on Monday in eastern Afghanistan, officials said.

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"Around 7:15am, a suicide bomber detonated his explosive-packed motorbike targeting a minibus belong to Turkish engineers in Behsud district of Nangarhar province," Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, Nangarhar provincial governor spokesman, told AFP.

A Turkish official speaking on condition of anonymity confirmed the death toll and nationality of the victims.

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