OAN Newsroom
UPDATED 7:16 AM PT — Tuesday, February 11, 2020
President Trump honored two American service members who were
recently killed in Afghanistan. He traveled to Dover Air Force Base in
Delaware on Monday to participate in a repatriation ceremony.This comes after Sgt. 1st Class Javier Jaguar Gutierrez and Sgt. 1st Class Antonio Rey Rodriguez were killed in an apparent insider attack over the weekend. The president cut his reelection campaign rally in New Hampshire short to pay his respects alongside the families of the fallen soldiers.
On Sunday, the Defense Department confirmed the soldiers were fatally shot by a man in an Afghan uniform, during a mission Saturday night. The servicemen were supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.
Six other troops were also injured during the shooting. According to officials, the gunman was an Afghan soldier who had got into an argument with U.S. forces before opening fire. The shooter was not associated with the Taliban.
“The operation is ongoing there, we still do not know whether he was an infiltrator or if it was done by mistake,” explained Shah Mahmood Miakhel, Governor of the Nangarhar province. “A delegation has gone there for a comprehensive investigation, whenever we receive more details will share that with you.”
Further details on the incident are slim, but authorities confirmed the alleged gunman has been killed. An investigation into the attack is ongoing.
