Kabul riots in May killed 17
Afp, Kabul
A traffic accident involving the US military and subsequent rioting that tore through Afghanistan's capital a month ago killed 17 people and injured nearly 200, the government said Tuesday after an official investigation. Interior Minister Zarar Ahmad Muqbel told reporters that nine people were killed in the initial traffic incident on May 29 in the Afghan capital. "The rest of them were killed in the subsequent riots," he said without giving a breakdown, including how many of the dead were victims of gunfire from US troops when they were stoned by an angry crowd after the accident. Until now there has been no clear death toll although police said the following day that initial investigations found 12 people had died. The president's office has said five people were killed in the accident. Witnesses said four were killed when US troops opened fire. The US-led coalition says some of the troops opened fire in self-defence, but it has not made clear if they fired only above the crowd. It is investigating.
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