(2 Apr 2011)
Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan
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1. Wide of UN building that was attacked by angry mob
2. Close of UN flag
3. Burned out UN vehicle inside compound
4. Close of damaged motorbike
5. Mid of Afghan police
6. Various of wounded in hospital, after attack on UN compound
7. SOUNDBITE (Dari) vox pop, Amanullah Khan, protester who was wounded in the attack on the UN compound:
"We were protesting the burning of the Quran when foreigners started shooting and killed four of us, we started defending ourselves and then the police started shooting at us."
Kabul, Afghanistan
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8. Wide shot of Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Zamary Bashari walking to podium for news conference
9. Close of photographers
10. SOUNDBITE: (Dari) Zamary Bashari, Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman:
"As a result of yesterday's violence (attack on UN office in Mazar-i-Sharif), unfortunately seven foreign nationals, four guards of UNAMA (United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan) office in Mazar-i-Sharif and three foreign civilian staff members were killed, and one of the foreign civilian staff members was wounded. Unfortunately there were casualties among the protestors as well after the protest turned violent. Four protestors were killed and 23 others were wounded."
11. Mid of news conference
12. SOUNDBITE: (Dari) Zamary Bashari, Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman:
"It is really sad to hear of casualties on the UNAMA (United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan) side, a diplomatic institution, an unarmed institution so to speak, and also the people, the civilians who were demonstrating, so it requires a thorough investigation and some more time is needed, so we can answer questions in more detail."
13. Wide of news conference
STORYLINE
Authorities in Afghanistan on Saturday promised a full investigation into the attack on a United Nations compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, in the north of the country, which killed seven foreigners on Friday.
Afghan protesters, angry over the burning of a Quran at a small Florida church, stormed the compound, and in the violence which followed, four Nepalese guards and three civilian UN staff were killed.
At a news conference on Saturday, Interior Ministry spokesman Zamary Bashari said there were also casualties amongst the Afghans, with four killed and 23 wounded.
They earlier announced the arrest of more than 20 people, including a militant they suspect was the ringleader of Friday's assault in Mazar-i-Sharif, the provincial capital of Balkh province.
The province is on a list of the first seven areas of the country where Afghan security forces are slated to take over from the US-led coalition starting in July.
The topic of Quran burning stirred outrage among (m) millions of Muslims and others worldwide after the Reverend Terry Jones' small church, Dove Outreach Centre, threatened to destroy a copy of the holy book last year.
The pastor backed down, but the church in Gainesville, Florida, went through with the burning last month.
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