Six people were murdered on Monday in a suicide bombing that occurred close to the Russian embassy in Kabul, including two staffers.The foreign ministry of Russia stated in a statement "Unknown militant detonated an explosive. Two members of the diplomatic mission's staff perished as a result of the attack." Without providing any other information, the ministry merely stated that "there are also victims among Afghan residents."
An Afghan security source informed CNN that "one of the employees of the embassy was an Afghan guard" and "we still do not know the nationality of the second person." Ten more people were hurt in the explosion.The Russian embassy was the scene of explosives going off after an attacker was recognized and killed by Afghan security personnel, according to a police spokeswoman in Kabul."Near the Russian embassy in Police District 7, Kabul, today about 11 a.m. local time, a suicide bomber who intended to detonate his explosives amid the crowd was discovered and killed by security personnel. His bombs exploded as a result "Twitter post by police spokesman Khalid Zadran.No one has stepped forward to take responsibility yet.
According to Sergey Lavrov, the foreign minister of Russia, more Taliban troops have been deployed to protect the embassy in the Afghan capital."We lost two of our friends. Immediate action was taken to reinforce the safety of the outside perimeter, "Lavrov made this statement when speaking with the Tajik foreign minister in Moscow. Afghanistan's "intelligence and counterintelligence services are involved," he continued.The attack was labeled "reprehensible" by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov."They are wholly inappropriate because this was a terrorist attack. Such terrorist attacks are condemned by us firmly. Obviously, finding out what happened to our diplomats is now of utmost importance. I believe that the information will be updated, "Peskov said during a conference on Monday. Owing to this effect,there is a great panic as to what and how was responsible for this deadly attack and fear created in the minds of the residents around.
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