Demonstrators -- incensed at the burning of a Koran by a Florida pastor -- opened fire on a United Nations office today (April 1, 2011) in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 12 people, including three foreign UN workers, according to the Fox News website.
The rampage began when demonstrators marched in Mazar-i-Sharif and in the capital, Kabul, today to protest the burning last month of Islam's holy book by Florida pastors Terry Jones and Wayne Sapp.
Jones captured headlines last September, when he threatened to burn the Koran on the anniversary of September 11, 2001 terror attacks. He canceled the burning after appeals from several world leaders, including President Obama.
Last month's Koran burning has also been blamed for an attack earlier this week on a Catholic Church in Pakistan.
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