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Policeman kills his 9 comrades in an insider attack in North of Afghanistan
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A policeman killed nine of his comrades in an insider attack in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan, local officials said Thursday.The incident took place late on Wednesday night after the assailant policeman belonging to the Afghan Local Police (ALP) forces opened fire on his comrades, leaving nine of them dead. A front man for the 808th Spinzar Zone in North of Afghanistan Mahfuzullah Akbari confirmed that the incident took place on Kunduz-Aliabad highway. According to the local officials, the assailant policeman likely had links with the Taliban group as he has beat feet from the post after the attack, taking with him the weapons available in the post. The anti-government armed holy warrior groups have not commented regarding the incident so far. This comes as at least eight coppers bit the dust in a similar attack carried out nearly two weeks ago in southern Zabul province. Provincial governor’s front man Gul Islam Sayal confirmed the incident and said the two assailants managed to flee area after the attack. He said the coppers belonged to the Afghan Local Police (ALP) forces and the assailants also managed to take several weapons from the check post with them. Posted by: Fred 2017-03-24 |
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