13 April 2016

News Story: 5 Afghan police killed in insider attack

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Some five police personnel were killed in a suspected insider attack in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar overnight, an official said on Tuesday.

"Five border police members died after one of their comrades turned his weapon at a security checkpoint in Spinboldak district Monday night," a provincial official told Xinhua.

The policeman behind the shooting fled the scene shortly after the incident, the source said anonymously.

Zia Durrani, the provincial police spokesman, confirmed the incident.

Read the full story at Xinhua