Two Russian embassy staff among six killed in Kabul suicide blast

Russia’s overseas ministry stated in a press release that “an unknown militant set off an explosive machine. Because of the assault, two staff of the diplomatic mission had been killed.”

“Right this moment round 11 a.m. native time a suicide bomber, who was planning to explode his explosives among the many crowd of individuals, was recognized and shot by the safety forces close to the Russian embassy in Police District 7, Kabul. Consequently, his explosives went off,” police spokesman Khalid Zadran stated on Twitter.

CNN can not independently confirm the authenticity of this declare.

Russian Overseas Minister Sergey Lavrov stated further Taliban forces had been introduced in to safe the embassy within the Afghan capital.

“Two of our comrades have died. A set of measures had been instantly taken to strengthen the safety of the outer perimeter,” Lavrov stated throughout a gathering with Tajikistan’s overseas minister in Moscow. The “intelligence and counterintelligence companies of Afghanistan are concerned,” he added.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described the assault as “unacceptable.”

“This was a terrorist assault, they’re completely unacceptable. We strongly condemn such terrorist acts. In fact, now the primary factor is to get details about what occurred to our diplomats. So far as I perceive, the data will likely be up to date,” Peskov instructed a briefing Monday.