Afghan mob beheads two UN workers

AT least eight foreign UN workers were killed, two of them beheaded, yesterday in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif after a demonstration against the burning of Korans by a US preacher, a regional police spokesman said.

“Eight foreigners were killed and two were beheaded,” said Lal Mohammad Ahmadzai, a police spokesman for the northern region.

Over a thousand protesters had flooded into the streets of the normally peaceful city after Friday prayers, and after two or three hours violence broke out.