3 Spanish tourists killed in Bamyan gun attack

KABUL (Pajhwok): Three Spanish tourists have been killed and a fourth injured in a gun attack in central Bamyan province, says the foreign ministry in Madrid.

In Kabul, the Ministry of Interior said without giving details three foreign tourists and one Afghan citizens had been killed in an armed attack.

It said four foreign nationals and three Afghans were also injured in the overnight shooting in the capital of Bamyan province.

Reuters quoted the Spanish foreign ministry as saying the consular emergency unit had been fully mobilised and the victims and their families were being assisted.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez wrote on X he was "shocked by the news of the murder of Spanish tourists in Afghanistan". There was no immediate indication of why the attack happened.

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