Reuters: Attackers kill dozens of Afghan villagers in northern province
KABUL (Reuters) - Insurgents attacked a village in the northern Afghan province of Sar-e Pul, killing as many as 50 people, including women and children, officials said on Sunday.
Zabihullah Amani, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said the fighters, who included foreign militants, attacked a security outpost in the Mirza Olang area of Sayaad district overnight, torching 30 houses.
He said fighting was still going on but as many as 50 people, including children, women and elderly men, most of them members of the largely Shi'ite Hazara community, may have been killed, according to local village elders.
"They were killed in a brutal, inhumane way," he said. Seven members of the Afghan security forces were also killed as well as a number of insurgents.
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More News On Reports Of A Massacre In The Afghan District Of Sayaad
Afghan conflict: Dozens killed in 'brutal' Sar-e Pul attack -- BBC
Joint Taliban-ISIS Attack Kills Dozens, Afghan Officials Say -- New York Times
Local Afghan Officials Say Taliban, IS Teamed Up In Deadly Village Attack -- RFE
Afghan official: Taliban kill 30 locals in northern province -- AP
Dozens of civilians killed in attack on Shia Muslim village in Afghanistan -- DW
Dozens of Afghans killed in remote Sar-e Pul province -- Al Jazeera
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