A suicide bomber blew himself up at the governor's compound in southern Helmand province on Tuesday, killing eight people, including a district chief, AP quoted officials as saying. Eight people were wounded. Gov. Mohammed Daud was inside his office in the provincial capital Lashkar Gah at the time of the blast but escaped injury, said his spokesman Ghulam Muhiddin. The explosion shattered office windows and damaged two vehicles parked inside the compound.'
