SAN ANTONIO, Texas (KXAN) — The Department of Defense has identified a soldier from San Antonio as one of two killed in a so-called insider attack in Afghanistan.
Sgt.
Javier Jaguar Gutierrez, 28, was killed in the attack in eastern Afghanistan’s
Nangarhar province on Saturday.
The
other American soldier killed was Sgt. Antonio Rey Rodriguez, 28, of Las Cruces
in New Mexico.
Both
soldiers were assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne),
Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
The
two men died from wounds sustained while engaged in combat operations, the
Department of Defense said. The incident is under investigation.
An Afghan soldier was also killed in the attack, which
happened when an Afghan dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire, the US
military said.
A member of Nangarhar’s provincial
council, Ajmal Omer, told The Associated Press that the gunman was killed.
Six US service members have been
killed in Afghanistan since the start of 2020, including Saturday’s casualties.
Last year, 22 U.S. service personnel died in combat there.
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