Gunmen shoot dead 2 German journalists in Afghanistan
Unidentified gunmen shot dead two German journalists while they were camping in a tent in northern Afghanistan early yesterday, the interior ministry said.
The two, a man and a woman, were shot in the province of Baghlan at about 1:20 am, said a spokesman for the interior ministry which handles police affairs.
They had camped in Baghlan en route to the central province of Bamiyan, ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary told AFP. "They were killed by unidentified people in their tent... They were shot dead with AK-47s," he said.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Bashary said the pair worked for the Deutsche Welle network. The attack was in the province's Tala Wa Barfak district. "The investigation is ongoing," he said.
A Deutsche Welle employee who did not want to be identified said the car, passports and most of the belongings with the pair were left with the bodies after the attack.
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