An Australian antheral injured successful a deadly onslaught connected overseas tourists successful Afghanistan has been identified.
Joe McDowell, who is believed to beryllium from Perth, was injured erstwhile respective gunmen opened occurrence extracurricular a edifice successful the country's cardinal Bamyan state connected Friday night.
The attack, which is believed to person been carried retired by Islamic State militants, claimed the lives of three Spanish tourists and an Afghan.
Jibra’il Omar, an Australian world antecedently known arsenic Timothy Weeks, posted a photograph of Mr McDowell smiling from his infirmary furniture connected societal media level X.
'Today, I visited my brother, Joe McDowell, who is presently successful Kabul,' helium wrote.
Joe McDowell (pictured right), who is believed to beryllium from Perth, was injured erstwhile respective gunmen opened occurrence extracurricular a edifice successful the country's cardinal Bamyan state connected Friday night
Four radical person been arrested pursuing the shooting successful Bamyan City, cardinal Afghanistan (pictured: an Afghan information unit subordinate checks a conveyance pursuing the shooting)
'He expressed his gratitude to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan for their support.
'My thoughts and prayers are with the families of the tourists who mislaid their lives successful the tragic onslaught successful Bamyan.'
Afghanistan’s Interior ministry spokesperson Abdul Mateen Qani confirmed that 3 foreigners and 1 Afghan had been killed.
'The information forces started trying to find the killers, and truthful far, 4 radical person been arrested successful this case,' Mr Qani added.
Another 4 foreigners and 3 Afghans were wounded, helium added.
The injured are believed to beryllium from Australia, Lithuania, Norway and Spain.
Bamyan is simply a UNESCO practice listed country known for 2 elephantine Buddhist statues that were destroyed by the Taliban successful 2001.
Tourism to the portion has accrued since the Taliban swept to powerfulness successful 2022.
Last year, the Kabul Times reported past May that a smany arsenic 265 overseas tourists from country's specified arsenic Italy, the US, China, Spain, England and Russia had visited the tract successful a two-month period.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez posted connected X: 'Overwhelmed by the quality of the execution of Spanish tourists successful Afghanistan.'
Afghanistan’s Interior ministry spokesperson Abdul Mateen Qani (pictured) confirmed that 3 foreigners and 1 Afghan had been killed
Bamyan City (pictured) is simply a UNESCO practice listed country known for 2 elephantine Buddhist statues that were destroyed by the Taliban successful 2001
Graphic footage from the aftermath of the onslaught shows men loading bloodied corpses into an ambulance.
The European Union's Diplomatic Service released a connection condemning the onslaught successful the 'strongest terms'.
'We condemn successful the strongest presumption the equipped onslaught against a radical of overseas tourists visiting Bamyan, Afghanistan,' the connection reads.
'Our thoughts are with the families and loved ones of the victims who mislaid their lives and those injured successful the attack.'
The Taliban, an authoritarian Islamist regime, gained power of Afghanistan aft the US withdrew from the state successful 2021 pursuing 20 years of counter-insurgency warfare.
Australia does not person ceremonial diplomatic ties with the caller government.
A Department of Foreign Affairs spokesperson antecedently confirmed with NewsWire the section was providing 'consular assistance to an Australian antheral successful Afghanistan'.
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