Suicide Bomber Kills Afghan Official
Suicide Bomber Kills Afghan Deputy Governor, 5 Others in Mosque Attack
By NOOR KHAN
A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing Helmand province's deputy governor and five other people, officials said.
The bomber struck while people were praying inside the mosque in the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah, provincial police chief Mohammad Hussein Andiwal said.
Helmand's deputy governor, Pir Mohammad, was killed in the blast, said Nisar Ahmad, a provincial health official.
The blast killed five other people and wounded 18 others, seven seriously, Andiwal said.
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