Operations Update: Suicide bombing prevented

Regional Command Southwest
Courtesy Story

Date: 05.31.2012
Posted: 05.31.2012 09:21
News ID: 89234

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Afghan security forces prevented a suicide attacker from entering the district governor’s compound in Nawa district, Helmand province, May 31. The security forces identified the man as a suicide bomber and caused him to prematurely detonate his explosives before entering the compound’s entry control point. The attacker was killed by the explosion and caused no additional casualties.