Casualties of Kabul blast rise to 60:  health officials

Emergency Hospital in Kabul announced that the casualties of Kabul Stock Market rose to 59 wounded and one dead.

An explosion that targeted money exchangers in Afghanistan’s largest money exchanging market-Sarai Shahzada- in central Kabul had injured only ten but the number rose as the victims were taken to a nearby hospital.

“One dead and 59 wounded have been taken to hospital from Sarai Shahzada. 33 of those wounded are still under treatment while the remainder has been discharged.” Reads a Twitter post of Emergency Hospital.

Earlier, the Ministry of Interior of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan had said that only ten people have been wounded in the blast adding a thief who threw a grenade at a crowd of people and then manage to flee the scene.

The Ministry added that they have begun operations for the perpetrator’s arrest.

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