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| Afghan Police Officer Murders Three Americans at Hospital |
| 2014-04-25 |
| [Tolo News] An Afghan police officer who was newly assigned to guard the Cure International Hospital opened fire on some Afghan and foreign nationals on Thursday. Three Americans have been murdered in the shooting, according to the U.S. Embassy in Kabul. The Afghan security officials have confirmed casualties in the attack, but have provided no further details. Mohammad Zahir, a 70-year-old shopkeeper in the area gave his eyewitness account of the incident. "We were sitting here and heard the firing. The guards escaped. I shouted what happened. People said that the guard had shot the foreigners," Zahir said. "Firing stopped and started again few minutes later." The Afghan Minister of Public Health Dr. Soraya Dalil reached the site moments after the incident happened. "In today's incident a child specialist who had worked in the hospital for seven years was rubbed out. A father and son who had an appointment with him were killed, and a female hospital employee was maimed," Dalil said. "The police officer who opened fire is also maimed, but I do not have details as to whether or not he fired deliberately on himself." According to the Ministry of Interior Affairs (MoI), the attacker has been jugged Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! and is getting medical treatment. |
| Posted by:Fred |