Kabul, Oct. 15 (TNS): Police in the Afghan capital Kabul say they have arrested a would-be suicide truck bomber, averting a major attack on the city.
The truck was carrying nearly three tonnes of explosives and two bombs which had been hidden under boxes of tomatoes, a senior official said.
When police acting on a tip-off tried to stop the driver at a checkpoint, he drove on and was shot and injured.
A truck bomb killed more than 150 people in Kabul in May.
The police officers’ timely action on Saturday, a police official said, had saved the city from a great tragedy.
Thirty yellow and orange plastic containers filled with explosive material and two bombs each weighing 100kg (220lb) were found in the truck, media reports, quoting the interior ministry.
A Western security source told the agency that each container contained ammonium nitrate, which is also used to make fertiliser.
Photos suggest the containers were connected by electric cables.
A man in shackles with bandages on his head and left hand was paraded for the media in front of the truck.
