BAGRAM, Afghanistan – Three contractors sustained minor injuries in a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attack near Bagram Air Field March 4.
The attack occurred outside the perimeter of the base when a vehicle exploded near an entry control point. The driver, who was carrying explosives, abandoned the vehicle before it detonated. The explosive he was carrying detonated as he ran away from the vehicle. The attacker was killed in the second explosion. It is unknown if there were additional personnel in the vehicle.
No military or Afghan civilian casualties have been reported.
The injured contractors are being treated in the hospital on base.
Date Taken: | 03.04.2009 |
Date Posted: | 03.04.2009 06:07 |
Story ID: | 30719 |
Location: | BAGRAM AIR FIELD, AF |
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