Afghan soldier kills three civilian police mentors in Herat province

Source: The Guardian

An Afghan soldier shot dead three foreigners who were training police recruits in the western city of Herat, sparking a manhunt across locked-down military bases in the area.

The shooting came at the end of a grim weekend for Nato, with five foreign soldiers killed by homemade bomb attacks across the south and the east of the country. Five Afghan employees of a Nato base in central Wardak province were also abducted and murdered by insurgents, Afghanistan's Tolo television station reported.

The gunman who targeted the foreign police mentors – all civilians employed by Nato – was stationed at the regional police training centre on the outskirts of Herat. He was shot dead after he opened fire, but commanders initially believed that an accomplice had escaped.

Sirens in Nato's regional headquarters, Camp Arena, ordered everyone to their accommodation while a search for the possible second killer was launched. Nato later said there had only been one attacker, but the camp remained on high alert.

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