Saturday, March 12, 2011

German soldiers accused of killing Afghan woman

Police in northern Afghanistan have accused German Bundeswehr soldiers of killing a civilian woman and injuring another in an incident in Kunduz province on Wednesday 9th March.

"German soldiers patrolling in Durman area of Chardarah district started firing in the surrounding area," Gulam Mahidin, police chief of Chardarah district, told the German news agency dpa. "As a result of the firing, an Afghan woman was shot and killed and another injured." 

Mahidin said the woman was inside her house when she was shot in the head and killed, and that the German military had reported being under heavy fire.

"But according to our reports, there were no firefights and German soldiers made a mistake," he said.

The German Bundeswehr is investigating the incident.

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