Suspect Killed in Attack on Peacekeepers in Kabul
A man lobbed a grenade Thursday at the international peacekeeping headquarters in this Afghan capital, the second attack on peacekeepers this week. A man believed to be the assailant was killed, and two French citizens and two Afghans were injured.
Authorities overpowered and arrested a second man found with grenades before he could detonate them, said Abdul Raouf Taj, divisional police chief.
The injured were two French civilians working for an aid organization, and two Afghan translators employed by the peacekeepers, but no peacekeepers were wounded, said military spokesman British Maj. Gordon Mackenzie.
The attack sent a chill through the international community, already on edge after a grenade assault Tuesday.
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