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Like in a Bond movie: Police confiscate dozens of "shooting pens"

2020-09-22T20:17:05.998Z


So-called shooting pens were found in Afghanistan. These were probably used in attacks in Kabul and could belong to the Taliban.


So-called shooting pens were found in Afghanistan.

These were probably used in attacks in Kabul and could belong to the Taliban.

Munich -

Afghan police

have discovered a warehouse with so-called

shooting pens

, which are said to have been used in attacks in Kabul.

The guns looked like click pens, a representative of the

Kabul criminal police

told

the

AFP

news

agency

on Tuesday

.

"The shooter puts the bullet in the cartridge, takes aim and clicks the push button to fire the bullet."

Shooting pens are cylindrical and single barrel

firearms

.

Because they look like ballpoint pens, they can often be carried around unnoticed.

Last weekend the police in Kabul found 48 such shooting pens while digging a hiding place with various weapons.

Arms depot in Afghanistan: "Terrorists" are preparing for complex targets in the capital

There were also several so-called

sticky bombs

in the

arsenal

, which have been used to carry out attacks in Kabul in recent months.

"Terrorists" had intended to use the weapons to attack complex targets in the Afghan capital, said

Interior Ministry spokesman Tarik Arian

.

According to the representative of the Kabul

criminal police

,

more than 40 people have been killed in targeted attacks

in the Afghan

capital

in the past six months, including peace activists, scientists and government officials.

Several of these attacks could have been carried out with shooting pens, according to the police representative.

Terrorists part of the Taliban?

Group is currently negotiating with Afghanistan

The police blamed groups allegedly linked to the Taliban for the attacks.

The radical Islamic insurgents denied participation in the killings.

The Taliban are currently in peace talks with the Afghan government.

The

US-

backed

Doha

negotiations

mark a milestone in the 19-year conflict that killed tens of thousands and displaced millions.

(AFP)

Source: merkur

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