A suicide bomber on a motorcycle blew himself up next to a police patrol in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing 24 people, including 19 civilians, said a provincial police chief. The attack in the southern province of Uruzgan also killed five police officers and wounded more than 30 others, Juma Gul Himat was quoted as saying by the Associated Press. The bomber struck the police patrol at a busy intersection of Deh Rawood district, Himat said. The bombing also damaged or destroyed about nine shops in the area, he said.
