PUL-E-ALAM, Afghanistan, June 5 (Xinhua) -- At least seven people, including a senior local judge, were killed and 19 others wounded after militants stormed a provincial court office in Afghanistan's eastern province of Logar on Sunday, police said.
"The initial reports found, five civilians were killed and 19 others wounded in Sunday morning's attack on Logar provincial Appeal Court office building," Nisar Ahmad Abdulrahimzai, deputy provincial police chief, told Xinhua.
The attack took place at around 11:00 a.m. local time in provincial capital Pul-e-Alam city.
Among the killed was Akram Nejat, head of provincial Appellate Court, the police official confirmed.
"The attack took place when an official ceremony was underway in the building. Nejat was appointed recently to serve as the chairman of provincial court but he was killed in the incident," the police official noted.
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