KABUL, Afghanistan (Fri,
Jan 17, 2014) – Reported by madn3wz
Foreigners are among the
14 killed as a result of suicide attack and heavy gunfire at a popular restaurant
in the center of Kabul on Friday evening, local media reported.
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Suicide bomber kills at least 13 in Kabul restaurant attack |
Gunfire was heard for more
than 20 minutes after the huge explosion, an eyewitness told BBC News.
According to details; a
suicide bomber blew himself up at about 7:30 p.m. (local time) at the entrance of the
Taverna du Liban restaurant, very popular among expats living in the capital
city, followed by two armed men vivid shooting spree inside the restaurant. The
Lebanese restaurant was full of diners, mostly foreigners, at the time
of attack.
Taliban has claimed
responsibility of the attack in the Wazir Akbar Khan district, where many
embassies and restaurants are serving the foreigners, saying it had been
deliberately targeting foreign officials.
Taliban claimed the responsibility
through an email to reporters saying it had targeted “a foreign restaurant
where foreign invaders were having dinner.” They further claimed that a
high-ranked German official is killed in the attack; but the German foreign
ministry said it could not confirm that Germans were involved.
The gunmen were killed by Afghan
security forces, CNN reported.
Gen. Zaher Zaher, the police chief, confirmed the death toll at 14.
