Victims of the attack on the UN mission in Afghanistan were 20 people

Among the wounded – the head of the UN mission in Mazar-e Sharif Russian Pavel Ershov. Pavel Ershov is now in hospital, he assisted. The governor of the northern province of Balkh Ata Mohammad Nur, said that among the dead including seven foreign UN staff, including guards from Nepal and the Europeans – men and women. Among those killed were employees – Norwegians, Swedes and Romanians. Head of UN Mission for Assistance to Afghanistan, Stefan de Mistura, went to Mazar-i-Sharif to look into the incident. In addition, victims of the shooting were five protesters. Another 20 participants demonstration outside the UN mission were wounded. The incident at the UN mission took place after Friday prayers. About 2 thousand local residents took to the streets to protest the burning of the Koran American pastor in Florida on March 20. In the crowd were extremists who appear before preparing the attack, suggested the governor of Balkh province. According to him, the militants broke into the UN building, killing the guard and throwing buildings with Molotov cocktails. Inside the building, they destroy everything in its path. According to some reports, two UN employees were beheaded. Arrived at the Afghan security forces arrested about 20 militants who had infiltrated into the complex of the UN, ITAR-TASS.