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| Terrorist attack on Tolo Television | |
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| Location | Kabul, Afghanistan |
| Coordinates | 34.5553° N, 69.2075° E |
| Date | January 20, 2016 Daytime (UTC / GMT) |
| Target | The two largest Afghan Television Networks |
Attack type | Terrorist Attack |
| Weapons | Bombs |
| Deaths | 7 Killed |
| Injured | 24 people |
| Victims | At least 31 people |
| Perpetrators | Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman |
| Motive | Accusing them of having falsely reported that insurgents had raped female students during their capture of the northern city of Kunduz. |
Terrorist attack on Tolo Television
A Taliban suicide car bomber targeted a minibus carrying journalists working for a private Afghan television channel on January 20, 2016, killing seven employees during evening rush hour close to the national parliament in Kabul, officials said. The Kabol Police Chief said, "Taliban bomber targeted a car owned Afghanistan's first 24 hour news channel". [1] The attack was based on allegations brought to Tolo Television Network about executions, kidnapping, and rape during the battle Kunduz. During the attack at 25 or more people were wounded that number included children and women. The explosion was big enough to be heard miles away.
Description of incident
After a Taliban car bomber wrecked into a minibus of a popular Afghan TV channel TOLO, seven employees were killed in Kabul. The incident also left several people burning inside the bus. At least 25 other people were wounded in the bombing near the Russian embassy in downtown Kabul. [2]
Kabul
The attack on Tolo Television took place in the largest city and capital Kabul, Afghanistan.
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- List of terrorist incidents, July–December 2015 (Add other relevant Wikipedia articles)
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- ^ a b "Taliban car bomber kills seven Afghan TV channel employees". Yahoo News. 20 January 2016.
- ^ "Taliban Suicide Bomber Strikes Packed Bus in Kabul". The New York Times. 21 January 2016.
- ^ "Bombing close to Russian embassy in Kabul kills 7". News-Talk 1110 WBT.
- ^ Sonil Haidari. "Seven TOLO TV Employees Killed In Wednesday Attack".
- ^ "Vibrant Lives of Afghan TV Crew, Erased in a Taliban Bombing". The New York Times. 22 January 2016.
- ^ "Tears, defiance after Taliban attack on Afghan TV workers". Mail Online. 21 January 2016.
- ^ "Afghan Taliban issue warning to media day after suicide attack". hindustantimes.
- ^ http://www.newsweek.com/taliban-warns-media-after-attack-killed-seven-journalists-418182
- ^ "Taliban Makes Good On A Promise To Target Afghan Media Networks". NPR.org. 22 January 2016.
- ^ Fazul Rahim. "Taliban Claims Responsibility for Targeting Tolo TV Workers". NBC News.
- ^ "After Tolo TV car bomb, entire media organizations under threat of attack - Reporters Without Borders".
- ^ "Tolo TV attack rebrands Taliban as terrorists". The Express Tribune. 23 January 2016.
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- ^ Michael Kaplan. "After Tolo Attack, Afghan Muslim Leaders Condemn Taliban, Call Journalists Sacred". International Business Times.
- ^ http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/news-and-in-focus-articles/all-news/news/director_general_condemns_killing_of_seven_media_workers_in_the_capital_of_afghanistan/#.VqUnACorJaQ
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