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Three Bombs Detonated at Cricket Match in Afghanistan Kill 8, Wounds 45

Published May 20th, 2018 - 01:38 GMT
A victim is helped by relatives at a hospital after eight people were killed and 45 wounded in a series of explosions targeting a cricket match in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad. (AFP/ File Photo)
A victim is helped by relatives at a hospital after eight people were killed and 45 wounded in a series of explosions targeting a cricket match in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad. (AFP/ File Photo)

Terrorists murdered eight people and wounded another 45 by detonating three bombs at a cricket match in Afghanistan.

The explosives went off nearly simultaneously in crowds of spectators at the match in a Jalalabad stadium late on Friday night.

Among those killed was the deputy provincial mayor of neighboring Laghman province and the organiser of the night time 'Ramadan Cup' tournament.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said attacking during the holy month of Ramadan showed the terrorists were not true believers but 'enemies of humanity.'

'The terrorists did not stop killing our people even during the holy month of Ramadan... by carrying out a terrorist attack in a populated sport stadium,' he said.