MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan - Twelve people including seven foreign UN workers died Friday in an attack on a UN headquarters in northern Afghanistan by protesters angered by a US pastor's burning of the Koran, the provincial governor said.
"Seven UNAMA employees have been killed, out of which five are Nepalese and two others are Europeans, one woman and one man," said governor of Balkh province Atta Mohammad Noor, referring to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.
"There are five protesters killed and 20 others injured," the governor told reporters on Friday.
More than 20 insurgents involved with the attack have been arrested, he added, saying the decision by protesters to go to the UN office had not been pre-planned.
- AFP /ls
"Seven UNAMA employees have been killed, out of which five are Nepalese and two others are Europeans, one woman and one man," said governor of Balkh province Atta Mohammad Noor, referring to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.
"There are five protesters killed and 20 others injured," the governor told reporters on Friday.
More than 20 insurgents involved with the attack have been arrested, he added, saying the decision by protesters to go to the UN office had not been pre-planned.
- AFP /ls
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