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Detonated a bomb hijacked dozens of civilians including women and children broke into Kabul Karl plus lakeside hotel



Afghan Taliban militants around 22 am, the use of heavy weapons, assault 喀布尔卡尔 Lake hotel and detonated bombs, shot security and hijacked dozens of civilians as hostages, including women and children.



Confrontation between the 12 hours after the end of the security personnel hostage crisis, confirm that 23 people were killed. (Xinhua News Agency)



According to the Xinhua News Agency Afghan Taliban attacks 喀布尔卡尔 Lake hotel around 22 am. "Armed personnel the use of rocket-propelled grenades and other heavy weapons, enter Spozhmai hotel, the Kabul Police Criminal Investigation Bureau in charge of Zahir said. The Zahir command of the police quick reaction force rushed to the hotel.



Suicide attacks



Subsequently, the International Security Assistance Force soldiers and Afghan government soldiers into the surrounding area. Confrontation between a few hours later, the security forces basically confirmed that the Taliban into the hotel about 3.



During the confrontation, at least a suicide bomber detonated explosives in the hotel, resulting in many deaths. In addition, dozens of civilians, including women and children in the hotel the Taliban hostage.



"This is against humanity, criminal behavior, because they are aimed at children and women are lakeside picnic." Said police senior officials Zahir.



The security forces all night surrounded the hotel, there is no force broke into the main hotel building is a two-tier rooms. Dawn, about 5:30 on the 22nd, a large number of support units, armored vehicles arrive at the hotel peripherals, security personnel began to attempt to push into the hotel, and general attack, but the progress is not smooth.



The offensive continued over five hours. In this process, one after another batch hostages were rescued up to 18 people at a time. Ministry of the Interior statistics, up to 8 hours after the start of the hostage crisis, was rescued about 35 people hostage to 40 people.



Number of casualties vary



Local time on the 22nd at 11 am, Afghan police said the hostage crisis is over, the armed men were all killed.



But different news source disclosed the number of casualties vary greatly, the latest news that the death toll was 23 people. Stanik Karzai, the Kabul police chief spokesman had said the hostage crisis death of eight people, four civilians and four armed men; Kabul police chief Ayub Salan Qi said that a total of 13 people were killed, including four civilians, five armed men, three security guards and a police officer.