UPDATE: 11:34 a.m. EST:
The victims reportedly include the killed guard, a wounded guard, and a “foreigner” wounded. Again, all three attackers are now dead after a police operation.
1 Local guard killed & 1 other wounded, also 1 foreigner slightly wounded in the #ICRC Jalalabad attack. stand-off over. police
— Ahmad Mukhtar (@AhMukhtar) May 29, 2013
UPDATE: 11:31 a.m. EST:
The police raid on the seized building appears to be successful, with “all three attackers … killed.” That number likely includes the attacker who blew himself up at the gate as well as the two who reportedly entered the building after the explosion.
Nangarhar Police Chief says all three attackers were killed and the operation is over, adding that only 1 Afghan ICRC staff wounded
— Hamid Shalizi (@HamidShalizi) May 29, 2013
UPDATE: 11:21 a.m. EST:
Police are seen mounting the roof of the complex, where attackers remain inside:
#Afghan policeman bravely climbs roof tops to rescue @ICRC staff in suicide complex attack in #Jalalabad @AJEnglish pic.twitter.com/KTnUucrzKI
— Abdullah Shahood (@shahood83) May 29, 2013
UPDATE: 11:15 a.m. EST:
Police are planning to “flash” the attackers out of the building:
“We will flash the insurgents out of ICRC office in half an hour” Nangarhar Deputy Police chief.
— Sangar Rahimi (@SangarRahimi) May 29, 2013
Original story below.
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Attack on Red Cross office on #Jalalabad @ajenglish twitter.com/shahood83/stat…
— Abdullah Shahood (@shahood83) May 29, 2013
An attack that included a suicide-bombing at the office of the International Red Cross office in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, has killed at least one guard — and the situation is ongoing, according to reports.
Reuters reports a bomber blew himself up at the gate, “and two more insurgents entered the building,” where a firefight with Afghan police continued inside the ICRC building.
#Afghan forces responds #ICRC attack in #Jalalabad @ajengliah twitter.com/shahood83/stat…
— Abdullah Shahood (@shahood83) May 29, 2013
Earlier, a drone was seen flying overhead:
@shahood83: #jalalabad attack #ICRC #drone flying over the site twitter.com/shahood83/stat…
— Abdullah Shahood (@shahood83) May 29, 2013
Aljazeera says the “ICRC’s $90 million-a-year operations in Afghanistan are the group’s biggest in the world.”
Afghan war amputees and children practice walking at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), orthopedic center in Kabul, Afghanistan. The offices of the ICRC in Jalalabad were attacked today. (Getty Images)
1 Afghan guard was killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of ICRC office in Jal, 2 other attackers went in, Gov Spox
— Hamid Shalizi (@HamidShalizi) May 29, 2013
The Red Cross office in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, is being stormed by militants, a gunfire is ongoing -Reuters
— Rodrigo (@RodrigoEBR) May 29, 2013