Afghan Figure Forced to Flee Ceremony after Coming under Fire during Speech (+Video)
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah was forced to flee the area where he was giving a speech after a gun battle and rocket fire spontaneously erupted killing at least two people and wounded 18.
Eyewitness footage from the scene shows Abdullah interrupted during a commemoration ceremony for the killing of Abdul Ali Mazani, a leader of the predominantly Shiite Hazara ethnic group in 1995, RT reported.
"The attack started with a boom, apparently a rocket landed in the area, Abdullah and some other politicians ... escaped the attack unhurt," eyewitness Fraidoon Kwazoon said.
Meanwhile, Afghan President President Ashraf Ghani called it a “a crime against humanity and against the national unity of Afghanistan.”
No group has claimed responsibility for the assault yet.