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1st Ld Writethru: 7 police killed in S. Afghanistan

Xinhua, September 3, 2015 Adjust font size:

Seven police personnel were shot dead in Garmsir district of the southern Helmand province on Thursday, police said.

"Unidentified armed men shot dead and killed seven police personnel on a checkpoint in Bartaqi area of Garmsir district Thursday morning," district police chief Timor Shah Nazari told Xinhua.

The attackers, after killing the seven police men, also took their weapons and managed to escape, the official said.

Investigation has been initiated into the case, he added.

Helmand province with Lashkar Gah as its capital 555 km south of Kabul has been regarded as Taliban hotbed and the armed insurgents have been fighting security forces in different parts of the troubled province over the past few years. Endi