Explosion hits bus carrying German peacekeepers killing six

Описание: (7 Jun 2003)

1. Wide shot of smoke cloud
2. Smoke cloud
3. Wide shot of building
4. Wreckage/debris on road
5. Soldiers and ISAF trucks
6. Bombed out bus
7. Soldiers with guns
8. Wide shot of road
9. Various onlookers
10. Various of soldiers and trucks on road
11. Soldiers running along road
12. Helicopter flying across
13. Ambulances going past
14. Group militia
15. Helicopter landed on road
16. Three soldiers standing
17. Soldiers around landed helicopter
18. Red cross ambulances going past
19. White van approaches
20. White car being stopped
21. Policeman pointing and walking along road
22. Police around man on motorcycle
23. Various of soldiers around trucks
24. Group of men and police in a group together
25. Close-up soldier's helmet and arm
26. SOUNDBITE: (Dari) General Khalil Amin Zada, Deputy Kabul Police Chief
"It is the action of the Afghan people's enemy, and it is related to Taliban and al-Qaida."
27. Various of soldiers around trucks on road

STORYLINE:

A suspected suicide bomber attacked a bus carrying German peacekeepers through Kabul on Saturday, killing at least three soldiers and wounding eight.

US officials said it was the deadliest attack on the international force in Afghanistan.

The US military at Bagram Air Base also said in its statement that 28 other people were injured, but it did not identify them, or say where they had been located during the explosion.

The International Security Assistance Force, or ISAF, bus was traveling from the airport toward eastern Kabul, and was near the city's customs house when the explosion occurred, Kabul Police Chief Basir Salangi told The Associated Press.

"Some foreign people have died and some have been injured," Salangi said. He said he believed five or six people had been killed and about 11 wounded.

But the US statement said initial reports indicated that three ISAF soldiers were killed and eight wounded when the suspected suicide bomber detonated his vehicle, disabling the bus.

General Khalil Amin Zada, the Deputy Kabul Police Chief, said he believed the attack was "related to Taliban and al-Qaida."

A large German military helicopter landed on the road near the site of the explosion and not far from the base that
houses German and Dutch troops in Afghanistan.

Soon after the explosion, dozens of German peacekeepers formed a cordon around the street, not allowing any vehicles past.

While the number of peacekeepers killed and injured in the attack was not confirmed by ISAF, it appeared to be the deadliest assault on peacekeepers since they arrived in Afghanistan.

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