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Afghanistan
Six Afghan police poisoned, shot dead
2012-10-20
SIX Afghan policemen have been shot dead after being poisoned by colleagues in southern Afghanistan.

The shooting, which is the latest in a series by Afghan security personnel targeting their local and foreign colleagues, occurred in the Gereshk district of volatile Helmand province on Thursday.

"A cook and a policeman first food-poisoned their colleagues in their post, and after they fell unconscious they were shot dead," provincial spokesman Ahmad Zeerak said.

He said the policeman involved in the shooting had been arrested but the cook was still at large.

Farid Ahmad Farhang, a provincial police spokesman, confirmed the incident.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, according to purported spokesman Yousif Ahmadi, who said eight policemen were killed and their weapons seized.
Posted by:tipper

#1  Sounds like a bad B movie script. Time to leave the afghans to their theater and go home.
Posted by: 49 pan    2012-10-20 10:55  

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