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17 civilians and 4 police die in Afghan suicide blast


    KABUL (Reuters) - Seventeen civilians and four police were killed in a suicide attack in a bazaar on Sunday in Afghanistan's southern province of Uruzgan, police said.

    The bomber targeted a police vehicle in a bazaar of DehRawud district, the provincial police chief told Reuters.

    "Seventeen civilians and four policemen died in the attack.Thirty seven more civilians and five police have been wounded,"he said by phone, adding the death toll could rise.

    (Writing by Sayed Salahuddin; Editing by David Fox)