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Gunmen storm appeal court in Mazar-e Sharif
Gunmen dressed in military uniforms stormed a court complex in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Thursday, officials said, explosions and gunfire rang out, wounding scores of people in an assault that highlighted the country’s fragile security situation.
Our initial information shows that armed men entered the provincial Appeals Court in Mazar-i-Sharif today,” Abdul Raziq Qaderi, acting police chief of Balkh province said.
The assailants threw grenades and exchanged gunfire with Afghan security forces, setting ablaze one of the buildings in the compound.
There were no immediate reports of fatalities but at least 20 wounded people, including women and children, were brought to the provincial public hospital.
“Most of the nine wounded people… are prosecutors and court staff,” Asadullah Sharifi, acting head of the hospital said.
Afghan forces are currently bracing for what is expected to be a bloody summer push by the Taliban and the government has also raised the ominous prospect of the Islamic State making inroads into Afghanistan.