AFP, Jalalabad :
An Afghan judge was shot dead in an ambush in the eastern city of Jalalabad yesterday, police said, the third court official killed in less than a month.
Judge Hafizullah was attacked as he headed to work in a motor trishaw, said Farid Khan, spokesman for Nangarhar province’s police.
Gulzada Sangar, a doctor at Jalalabad public hospital, said Hafizullah had multiple bullet wounds.
The murder of Hafizullah comes after militants shot dead two women judges working for the Supreme Court in Kabul on January 17. Several prominent Afghans — including judges, clerics, journalists, activists and doctors — have been assassinated in often brazen daytime attacks.
An Afghan judge was shot dead in an ambush in the eastern city of Jalalabad yesterday, police said, the third court official killed in less than a month.
Judge Hafizullah was attacked as he headed to work in a motor trishaw, said Farid Khan, spokesman for Nangarhar province’s police.
Gulzada Sangar, a doctor at Jalalabad public hospital, said Hafizullah had multiple bullet wounds.
The murder of Hafizullah comes after militants shot dead two women judges working for the Supreme Court in Kabul on January 17. Several prominent Afghans — including judges, clerics, journalists, activists and doctors — have been assassinated in often brazen daytime attacks.
