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Unknown armed shot dead police, wound another in Afghanistan

Xinhua, February 5, 2015 Adjust font size:

Unknown armed men opened fire on police, killing one on the spot and injured another in the western Herat province Thursday, police spokesman Abdul Rauf Ahmadi said. "Two unknown armed persons riding a motorbike opened fire on police in Herat city at around 09:30 a.m. local time today, killing one on the spot and badly injuring another, Ahmadi told Xinhua.

The attackers made their good escape, he added.

This is the second assassination in Herat city since Wednesday.

In the previous attack by unknown persons which occurred Wednesday evening, an anti-Taliban figure along with his wife and daughter were killed. Endi