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Two DHL employees killed in Kabul

October 27, 2008 00:00:00


An Afghan security guard at a courier company in the capital Kabul has shot dead two foreigners and killed himself, the government says, reports BBC .
Two other people were also injured in the incident in front of the DHL office, Interior Minister Mohammed Hanif Atmar told the BBC.
Mr Atmar said the motive for the attack was still unclear, but refused to rule out terrorist activity. The two dead foreigners were British and South African employees of DHL.
They were killed in front of the DHL office in the Sher Pur area of the city, where many foreign nationals live.
The UK Foreign Office named the dead Briton as David Giles. Confirming the death of two employees, DHL named the second man as South African national Jason Bresler.
DHL has closed its office in Kabul while the police investigate although branches elsewhere in Afghanistan reportedly remain open.
The shooting comes days after foreign aid worker Gayle Williams, 34, who had South African and British nationality, was shot dead in Kabul in an attack reportedly claimed by the Taleban on the grounds that she had been working for a Christian group.
The DHL shooting occurred around 0830 (0400 GMT) on Saturday outside the office on a busy street.
The two foreigners appear to have been killed inside a four-wheel-drive car which stood spattered with blood at the scene. Police later covered it with plastic sheeting.

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