Dozens killed in Afghanistan bomb blast

An explosion at a dog fighting competition killed and wounded dozens of people in southern Afghanistan today.

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,” Mr Bashary said.

A witness, Mohammad Khan, 25, said hundreds of people had gathered in an open field to watch a dog fighting competition. He blamed the attack on a suicide bomber.