12 Killed At U.N. Mission In Afghanistan After Demonstration Against Florida Qur'an Burning

According to CNN, at least 12 people were killed and 24 injured in Afghanistan's Mazar e-Sharif in an attack on a United Nations assistance mission building. The attack with knives and small arms followed a demonstration protesting a reported burning of a Qur'an last month by controversial Florida pastor Terry Jones. (See prior related posting.) The dead included 8 U.N. workers and 4 Afghans.