A suicide bomber killed three Turkish engineers and wounded another on Monday in eastern Afghanistan, officials said, the latest attack on foreigners in the wartorn country.
“Around 7:15am, a suicide bomber detonated his explosive-packed motorbike targeting a minibus belong to Turkish engineers in Behsud district of Nangarhar province,” Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, Nangarhar provincial governor spokesman, told the media.
“As a result of this attack, three Turkish engineers were killed and the fourth one was wounded,” said Abdulzai. Abdulzai said the victims were working on a construction project in Nangarhar, and they were heading to work when their minibus were targeted by the suicide attacker.
A Turkish official speaking on condition of anonymity confirmed the death toll and nationality of the victims.
