The famous doctor Tetsu Nakamura was attacked and killed in the Oriental IC data map
In an attack in eastern Afghanistan, tetsu Nakamura, a well-known doctor who was the head of a Japanese aid agency, was killed.
According to Japan's Kyodo News Agency reported on December 4, relevant sources of the Japanese government revealed that on the morning of the 4th, the head of the Japanese non-governmental organization "Peshawar Society", dr. Tetsu Nakamura, was attacked by a man with a gun in Jalalabad in Nangarhar Province in eastern Afghanistan, and Nakamura Tetsu was killed. According to a spokesman for the Nangarhar provincial government, five people, including Tetsu Nakamura's bodyguard and driver, also died.
When the "Peshawar Society" held a press conference in Fukuoka City on the 4th, it was revealed that Nakamura Tetsu set off from the dormitory in the morning and was attacked on the way to the irrigation operation site about 20 kilometers away, and was hit by a bullet in the right chest and underwent surgery at the hospital in Jalalabad.
A spokesman for the Nangarhar provincial government said that after the operation, Nakamura was taken to the US Bagram Air Base north of the capital Kabul and died on the way.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. According to the Peshawar Society, the driver who died was a 33-year-old Afghan who was not Japanese at the scene of the shooting except Tetsu Nakamura.
"Dr. Nakamura has done a lot for the reconstruction of Afghanistan, especially in agriculture and irrigation." An official in Nangarhar province told the media.
According to the British "Guardian" report, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed regret and respect for Nakamura After hearing the news of Tetsu's death.
"I was shocked that he left like this." Speaking at a news conference in Tokyo, Abe said, "He has done a great deal of work in dangerous environments at the cost of his life, and the Afghan people will be grateful to him." ”
Tetsu Nakamura, 73, has been working in rescue work for many years and is widely known in Japan, according to Radio France International. In 1984, Nakamura traveled to Afghanistan to treat leprosy among refugees and has been working and living in Afghanistan and Pakistan ever since, and founded the Peshawar Society.
In 2003, Tetsu Nakamura won the "Ramon Magsaysay Award" in the Philippines, known as the "Asian Nobel Prize". He also spoke out against the 2001 war waged by the U.S.-led coalition against the Taliban.