Two protesters shot dead in Kabul protests

By Staff Reporter
Reuters US Online Report World News

Feb 21, 2012 02:41 EST

KABUL (Reuters) - Two protesters were shot dead in separate rallies in Kabul on Friday over the burnings of the Koran at a NATO base, police told Reuters at the scene.

Armed protesters killed one man in the east of the city, police said, while it was unclear who fired the shots that killed the second man.

(Reporting by Mirwais Harooni, writing by Amie Ferris-Rotman; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)

Source: Reuters US Online Report World News

 

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