Eight Family Members Killed In Afghanistan Mosque Shooting
Sumaira FH Published April 18, 2021 | 12:30 PM
Jalalabad, Afghanistan, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Apr, 2021 ) :Eight members of the same family were gunned down in an attack on a mosque in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Sunday.
The shooting happened on Saturday night in the city of Jalalabad in Nangarhar province, and was believed to be over a land dispute, the province's governor Zaiulhaq Amarkhil said.
Five brothers and three of their male cousins were killed.
"The incident is under investigation but initial information shows a land dispute has caused the incident," Amarkhil told AFP.
Fareed Khan, a spokesman for Nangarhar police, confirmed the attack.
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