MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- At least one civilian was killed and four others injured Sunday as a bomb blast rocked Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital city of northern Balkh province in Afghanistan, a local official said.
"An explosive device planted by unknown militants inside a bud vase on a street in Mazar-e-Sharif city exploded at around noon, killing one person and injuring four others," the official told Xinhua but refused to be identified, saying authorized officials would talk to media.
However, he added that all the victims are civilians and out of four injured persons three of them are drug addicts who used to live on streets.
Meantime, Aziz Shakir, a medical practitioner in Mazar-e-Sharif civilian hospital has confirmed that a death body and four injured persons had been taken to hospital.
Mazar-e-Sharif is 305 km north of Kabul.
