Eight South Africans died in a suicide bomb attack which killed 12 in Kabul in Afghanistan on Tuesday morning, the foreign ministry said.

“Our mission in Islamabad in Pakistan, which is also accredited in Afghanistan, has informed us that eight South Africans were among the dead in the explosion which occurred in Kabul early this morning,” foreign affairs spokesman Nelson Kgwete said.

“They worked for a private aviation company,” he added.

The group were all believed to be men, Kgwete said.

“Our mission in Islamabad is working on the identity of the men and contacting their next of kin.”

The Islamist militant group Hizb-i-Islami, which claimed responsibility for the dawn attack, said it was carried out by a 22-year-old woman named Fatima.

She rammed a Toyota car packed with explosives into a mini-bus carrying foreign aviation workers to the airport.

The South Africans were believed to be working for an aviation company based at Rand Airport in Johannesburg.

Tuesday’s attack by a woman suicide bomber was the deadliest single attack claimed to avenge a US film that has sparked a week of bloody protests across the Muslim world.

More than 30 people have now been killed in the violent backlash over a YouTube trailer for the film “Innocence of Muslims”.

The short film made with private funds in the United States and posted on the Internet has ignited days of demonstrations in the Arab world, Africa, Asia and in some Western countries.

In a torrent of violence blamed on the film last week, the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were amongst those killed.

The identity of those directly responsible for the film remains unclear.

Clips posted online since July have been attributed to a man named Sam Bacile, which two people connected with the film have said was probably an alias.

Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, 55, a Coptic Christian widely linked to the film in media reports, was questioned in California on Saturday by U.S. authorities investigating possible violations of his probation for a bank fraud conviction.

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Sep 18, 2012

wearefamily

May their souls rest in peace, mara why avenge by killing innocent people who knew nothing about the so-called YouTube trailer, Muslims are not innocent moes!! Most if not all suicide bombers & terrorists are Muslims or associated with them. No!! Allah must do something about this.
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Sep 18, 2012

RobinH

WHat on earth were they doing there? "private aviation company" my foot. Read mercenaries.
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Sep 18, 2012

wearefamily

@Robin i'm sure they were lured by money in that war torn country. Were too excited to research/read. Rest in peace fellas.
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Sep 18, 2012

Pointman

Miserable lot these muslims and with fragile ego's. For them living and let live is a dereliction of duty. Their god has commanded them to commit jihad until the whole world is muslim. Not going to happen.
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Sep 18, 2012

cocolucho

Muslims need to grow the f up seriously! Your religion is the be all and end all of everything. Its not above criticism! The fact that you worship a peadophile speaks volumes!
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Sep 18, 2012

spirro

Am a journalist but covering stories in the middle east is suicidal, arabic countries are the most dangerous regions in the world.
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Sep 18, 2012

malemaforpresident

No wonder the September 11 History will just repeat itself Americans are easy to ignite the war forgetting the consequeses I don’t remember one American suicide bomber bloody cowards Muslims are true believers and not afraid of death and they will infiltrate America again
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Sep 18, 2012

mhlupheki

thats bad news, but cant this suicide bomber play around Marikane and save sum of who are suffering because of one child
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Sep 18, 2012

DA-DBN-GUY

Now i would like to see the Muslims organise protests and attacks on Islamic state embassies for this attack, just as they have done for the movie they say is an insult to Islam.
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Sep 18, 2012

DA-DBN-GUY

malemaforpresident
No wonder the September 11 History will just repeat itself Americans are easy to ignite the war forgetting the consequeses I don’t remember one American suicide bomber bloody cowards Muslims are true believers and not afraid of death and they will infiltrate America again

A true believer of Islam regards Allah as merciful so why the violence in His name. Allah doesnt need mortals to do His work. You are misguided and misinformed but then again your name says it all!!!
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