Blast kills, wounds dozens at dogfighting competition in Afghanistan

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
An explosion at an outdoor dogfighting competition killed and wounded dozens of people in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, an official and a witness said. Interior Ministry spokesman Zemeri Bashary said "tens of people" had been killed and dozens more wounded, though officials did not yet have a precise count. He said it wasn't yet clear if the explosion was caused by a suicide attacker. "All the police are there and they are evacuating the injured and the dead," Bashary said. A witness, Muhammad Khan, 25, said hundreds of people had gathered in an open field to watch the competition. He blamed the attack on a suicide bomber.