Afghan General Abdul Hameed, the highest-ranking military officer in the south, miraculously survived an assassination attempt Thursday.
According to the Afghan Defense Ministry, the attempt occurred during a graduation ceremony at a military training camp. Five remote controlled grenades had been planted under Gen. Hameed’s chair. Luckily, Hameed rose from the chair to hand out graduation certificates when the explosives were detonated. A soldier standing nearby was wounded.
“The enemy of this country wanted to kill me,” Hameed said in a phone call shortly after the attack.
“The blast was powerful enough though,” he said. “It demolished the chair where I had been sitting. I could have died if I were on it, but thank God I was not.”
“We are investigating the event, and soon we will find the plotters,” Hameed added.
###
Click here for more World News
