01 September 2016

News Story: 3 children injured as bomb blast rocks wedding ceremony in N. Afghanistan

SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- Three children were injured as a bomb went off in a wedding ceremony in Shiberghan. the capital of northern Jauzjan province on Tuesday, provincial police chief Rahmatullah Turkistani said.

"A bomb blast ripped through a wedding party in a local hotel in Shiberghan city at around 03:30 p.m. local time today injuring three innocent children," Tukistani told Xinhua.

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