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Afghanistan rioters: ‘Death to America!'30 May 2006
By Rahim Faiez, Kabul
A DEADLY traffic accident involving US troops sparked the worst rioting in the Afghan capital since the fall of the Taliban regime yesterday, with hundreds of protesters looting shops and shouting "Death to America!"
At least eight people were killed and 107 injured, an official said. Hundreds of Afghan army troops and NATO peacekeepers in tanks were deployed around the city, as chanting protesters marched on the presidential palace and rioters smashed police guard boxes, set fire to police cars and ransacked buildings, including the compound of aid group CARE International.
Several demonstrators were seen pulling a man who appeared to be a Westerner from a civilian vehicle and beating him. The man escaped and ran to a line of police, who fired shots over the heads of the demonstrators.
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