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10 August 2015 Kabul suicide bombing

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Non-fatal injuries
  
16

Start date
  
August 10, 2015

Attack type
  
Suicide attack

Perpetrators
  
Taliban (suspected)

Total number of deaths
  
5

Location
  
Afghanistan

10 August 2015 Kabul suicide bombing

Location
  
Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan

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On 10 August 2015, a suicide car bombing occurred in the Kabul International Airport street, near the entrance to Kabul Airport, killing five people and wounding 16, days after a series of suicide attacks in the Afghan capital killed dozens and wounded hundreds.

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Casualties

Four civilians were killed, and 17 people wounded, including a woman and a child

Resposnsibility of the attack

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack in a crowded area outside an airport checkpoint, but a security official said it appeared to be aimed at two armored cars, although it was not clear who was in the vehicles.

References

10 August 2015 Kabul suicide bombing Wikipedia