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08/03/2005
British worker shot dead in Afghanistan
A British man working in Afghanistan has been shot dead in the country's capital, Kabul.
Stephen MacQueen, 41, had worked for the Afghan government, as an advisor to the rural development minister. He was shot dead as he drove through the downtown area of Kabul late yesterday evening.
Police said that two vehicles, one of which was a black landcruiser, had followed Mr MacQueen's vehicle. They blocked his way on the road and someone in the landcruiser fired shots at Mr MacQueen before both vehicles escaped. The shooting happened close to both a United Nations workers' guesthouse and the Dutch embassy.
A motive for the killing has yet to be established.
It has been reported that Mr MacQueen was due to leave the country shortly to return to Britain.
The Foreign Office has confirmed the shooting and a spokesman said that his next of kin had been informed.
Whle the situation has been relatively calm in Kabul recently, however a number of foreigners have been killed in attacks in Afghanistan over the past seven months.
Last August, ten people were killed out side the office of an American security firm and in October an American woman was killed in a suicide bomb attack.
Three UN workers, including a woman from Northern Ireland, were also kidnapped late last year in Kabul, although they were all later released unharmed.
(KMcA/SP)
Stephen MacQueen, 41, had worked for the Afghan government, as an advisor to the rural development minister. He was shot dead as he drove through the downtown area of Kabul late yesterday evening.
Police said that two vehicles, one of which was a black landcruiser, had followed Mr MacQueen's vehicle. They blocked his way on the road and someone in the landcruiser fired shots at Mr MacQueen before both vehicles escaped. The shooting happened close to both a United Nations workers' guesthouse and the Dutch embassy.
A motive for the killing has yet to be established.
It has been reported that Mr MacQueen was due to leave the country shortly to return to Britain.
The Foreign Office has confirmed the shooting and a spokesman said that his next of kin had been informed.
Whle the situation has been relatively calm in Kabul recently, however a number of foreigners have been killed in attacks in Afghanistan over the past seven months.
Last August, ten people were killed out side the office of an American security firm and in October an American woman was killed in a suicide bomb attack.
Three UN workers, including a woman from Northern Ireland, were also kidnapped late last year in Kabul, although they were all later released unharmed.
(KMcA/SP)
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