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Just In! 15 Dead, Dozens Injured As Deadly Attack Hits Afghan Police Training Centre

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A firefight is underway after suicide bombers and gunmen launched an attack on a police training centre in southeastern Afghanistan, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens of others.

 
A reporter at the scene with the local TOLOnewsagency said heavy fighting was ongoing on Tuesday.

 

 

“At first a suicide bomber detonated a car filled with explosives near the training centre, making way for a number of attackers to start their assault” in Gardez, capital of Paktia province, the interior ministry said in a statement.

 
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.

 

 

At least 15 people were killed and more than 40 wounded and victims include “women, students and police”, Hedayatullah Hamidi, public health director in Gardez, told AFP news agency.

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