Afghan students in fatal clash
One person has died in a clash at Kabul University where people were marking the Shiite holy day of Ashoura, Afghan police said.
General Mohammad Zahir, director of the criminal investigation division, said police are still trying to assess why the fight broke out today, killing one student and injuring six others.
A reporter at the scene said Shiite and Sunni students started fighting and by evening, several hundred more people joined the melee throwing stones at each other.
The clash apparently was related to Ashoura, which commemorates the 7th century death of the Prophet Mohammed’s grandson.
Abdul Azim Nurbakhsh, a spokesman for the Ministry of Higher Education, said university classes have been postponed for 10 days.
