Death toll in suicide attack on Afghan students revised down to 34


  • World
  • Thursday, 16 Aug 2018

Afghan men look out of a window near the site of a suicide bomb blast in Kabul, Afghanistan August 15, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan authorities revised down on Thursday the death toll from a suicide bomb attack on an educational centre in Kabul to 34 from 48, health ministry officials said.

Some bodies had been double-counted when they were being taken to hospital from the blast site following the attack on Wednesday, the ministry said.

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