CHARIKAR, Afghanistan, May 29 (Xinhua) -- At least four people were killed and 11 others wounded after a roadside bomb hit a university bus in Afghanistan's eastern Parwan province on Saturday, a spokesman of the Interior Ministry said.
"The explosion occurred in Police District 7 of provincial capital Charikar city roughly at 4:15 p.m. local time. The bodies and the wounded were transported by provincial police and the rescue team to hospitals in the city," Tariq Arian told Xinhua.
All the affected people were aboard the bus carrying lecturers and students of Alberuni University, he said, adding that the bus was damaged by the force of the blast.
More details would be made public later as an investigation is underway to find more facts about the incident, Arian noted.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Chairman of the High Council for the National Reconciliation of Afghanistan Abdullah Abdullah strongly condemned the bomb attack in the province. Enditem
