Sunday, February 7, 2010

Two Swedish army officers killed in shootout

Two Swedish officers, Captain Johan Palmlöv and Lieutenant Gunnar Andersson, both with the Swedish Royal Life Guards, and their Afghan interpreter, Mohammad Shahab Ayouby, were part of the patrol which came under fire near a police station, 40 kilometres west of Mazar-e Sharif, near the village of Gurgi Tappeh. All three were killed in the attack.

It is thought they were attacked and killed by an Afghan police officer.

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