Kabul (Agencies): A coordinated double suicide bombing hit Afghan’s capital on Monday morning, killing 25 people and wounding 45 others.
Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Stanekzai confirmed that four policemen were killed, while an Afghan media watchdog, the Afghan Journalists Safety Committee (AJSC), confirmed that eight journalists were also killed.
A first bomb was detonated by an assailant on a motorcycle and left at least four dead and five injured, according to the Interior Ministry.
A second explosion came minutes after the first targeted reporters at the scene.
The AJSC said that six journalists were reportedly wounded in the attacks. A foreign news agency confirmed that its chief photographer Shah Marai, a journalist from 1TV and one from Tolo News were among the dead.
"The bomber disguised himself as a journalist and detonated himself among the crowd," a police official said.
