Unidentified armed men shot dead 10 civilians, all members of the same family, in eastern Afghanistan’s Khost province on Tuesday night, a spokesman for the provincial government, Mustaghfar Garbaz, said Wednesday.
The gruesome incident took place in Ali Shir district late Tuesday when unknown armed men entered a house and opened fire, killing 10 people including two men and eight women and children on the spot.
Garbaz said that efforts are underway to arrest and bring to justice those behind the multiple murders.
UNI XINHUA ARN
