Five people were killed and two other dozens were in injured Tuesday in a suicide attack near a police headquarters in southern Afghanistan.

 
Five people were killed and two other dozens were in injured Tuesday in a suicide attack near a police headquarters in southern Afghanistan.

The deaths included three police, a spokesman for the Afghan army, Mohammad Rasoul, said adding the injured also included three other policemen.
The suicide car bombing took place in Lashkar Gah, capital of troubled Helmand province.

Public health director in the province, Enayatullah Ghafari, told AFP news agency that two dead civilians were also brought to local hospitals.
"I'm sure there are more deaths," Ghafari added.
Some 25 other people, both police and civilians, were also wounded, he said.

A spokesman for the Helmand provincial administration, Daud Ahmadi, told AFP the bombing took place at a centre contracted to provide food and clothing for Afghan security forces.

"Some police had gone there to fetch maybe food or other things when the attack took place," he said, adding that the facility was near police headquarters.
"There are casualties, death and injuries but I don't have a figure at the moment," Ahmadi added, saying the attack was a suicide car bombing.