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Roadside bomb kills three university teachers in Afghanistan
No group claimed responsibility for the incident
Reuters
May 29, 2021
Afghan security forces leave the site of an incident after an attack at Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE
A roadside bomb hit a bus carrying university staff in northern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing three teachers and wounding 15 others, police said on Saturday.
The incident took place in Charikar, the provincial capital of Parwan. The bus was carrying teachers from Al-Biruni university, said a spokesman for the provincial police, Salim Noori.
No group claimed responsibility for the incident.
Roadside bombs, small magnetic bombs attached under vehicles and other attacks have targeted members of security forces, judges, government officials, civil society activists and journalists in recent months in Afghanistan.
At least four people were killed in an explosion in Afghanistan Parwan province after terrorists targeted a bus carrying university lecturers on Saturday.