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AYBAK, Afghanistan, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Unidentified armed men gunned down six civilians including a local politician in the northern Afghan province of Samangan on Wednesday, head of the Provincial Council Hajji Raz Mohammad said.
According to Mohammad, the bloody shooting happened outside the provincial capital Aybak in the wee hours of Wednesday during which Hajji Abdul Wasi, provincial chief of the National Islamic Movement headed by First Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum, was killed along with five others.
Police have yet to make comment on the deadly attack.
