8 South Africans Killed in Afghanistan
Source: VOA
JOHANNESBURG — Eight South Africans were among those killed Tuesday in a suicide blast in Afghanistan's capital. An Afghan insurgent group says the attack on a mini-bus carrying foreigners was in response to an anti-Islam on-line video that has sparked worldwide protests. But South African officials and a Muslim analyst say the attacks were probably not aimed at South Africans.
The bomb ripped through the van near Kabul’s airport on Tuesday morning, killing at least 12 people including the eight South Africans.
The Afghan insurgent group Hezb-e-Islami claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it sent a female bomber in response to the anti-Islam video that has set off protests all over the world, including in Afghanistan.
The protests are directed against the American-made film called “Innocence of Muslims” that mocks Islam’s Prophet Mohammed.
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