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UN: Afghan Bodyguards Fired “Deliberately and Indiscriminately” at Crowd

HeadlineNov 19, 2007

In news from Afghanistan, an internal U.N. report has concluded bodyguards protecting Afghan lawmakers fired “deliberately and indiscriminately” into a crowd two weeks ago after a suicide bombing. The report, which was obtained by the Associated Press, said that as many as two-thirds of the 77 killed and more than 100 wounded were hit by gunfire. Most of the dead were schoolchildren.

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