Policeman shoots five colleagues dead in Afghanistan

The officer turned his rifle on colleagues on Thursday night.

Policeman shoots five colleagues dead in Afghanistan

A policeman has shot and killed five of his colleagues as they slept in eastern Afghanistan.

The officer turned his rifle on colleagues on Thursday night in the eastern Nangarhar province at an outpost in the district of Ghanikhil, governor Abdul Wahab Momand said.

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