Gunmen opened fire at a car belonging to a Japanese physician and aid worker in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, seriously wounding him and killing five Afghans, including his bodyguards, the driver and a passenger, officials said. The attack took place in Nangarhar province and targeted Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura as he was heading to the provincial capital, Jalalabad, according to the provincial governor’s spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani. After that, he would be transferred to the capital, Kabul, for further treatment, said Gulzada Sanger, the hospital spokesman. He came to Afghanistan after a Japanese colleague, Kazuya Ito, was abducted and killed. AdvertisementNo one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, the second in two weeks targeting aid workers in Afghanistan.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 04, 2019 06:22 UTC