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Gunmen kill court official in Kabul

Xinhua, January 26, 2015 Adjust font size:

Unidentified armed men opened fire and killed an official of a district court in the second precinct of Afghan capital Kabul city on Monday, local media reported.

"Unknown armed men gunned down an administrative official of a district court in Dewan Begi area in the western part of Kabul city on Monday morning when he was on way to office," Tolo TV reported in its news bulletin.

It is the second court official has been killed in the same area over the past one month.

In the previous attack, chief secretary of Supreme Court was shot dead by unknown person in Dewan Begi area a month ago. Endi