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| 10 policemen martyred in Urozgan 'Insider attack' |
| 2016-01-27 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] 10 coppers have embraced martyrdom in an 'insider attack' at a security post in central Urozgan province. Officials suspect that Taliban had established links with a policeman at the same security post in Chinartu District for coordinating the attack on Monday night. The policeman reportedly had mixed chemicals in the dinner to make his colleagues unconscious. Local officials say the policeman alone or together with Taliban have sprayed bullets on the unconscious coppers. Ammunition and weapons are also missing from the check post and a police vehicle burned following the attack. Taliban have grabbed credit for the attack. It comes about a week after a policeman martyred nine colleagues in a similar attack in another part of Urozgan province. Four coppers were martyred in an 'insider attack' in Urozgan's neighboring Kandahar province about 10 days before. This part of the country has been the scene of most of the insider attacks. In the middle of 2014, coppers from inside a security post in Gezab District of Urozgan province had established links with Taliban which led to attack on the same post leaving 10 coppers martyred. |
| Posted by:Fred |