A suspected suicide bomber has killed at least 13 people and injured dozens more in a car bomb attack on a sports stadium in the Afghan province of Helmand.
The blast happened at a wrestling match at the Ghazi Muhammad Ayub Khan stadium in the region's capital Lashkar Gah.
The car was reportedly driven into a crowd outside the stadium.
A police spokesman told AFP that the blast happened by the venue's entrance gate after the match had ended.
Photographs from the scene showed badly damaged cars and thick plumes of smoke rising.
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Officials say the explosion happened as spectators were leaving the stadium
"The bomber wanted to go inside the stadium but he was identified by the police and he detonated himself," Omar Zwak, spokesman for the Helmand provincial governor, told AFP.
Conflicting reports in local media suggest the death toll may be higher than so far confirmed.
The Italian NGO Emergency, which provides medical treatment, said on Twitter it had received at least four of those killed.
source:www.bbc.com
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