Tetsu Nakamura: Japanese doctor among six dead in Afghan gun attack
AKIPRESS.COM - A Japanese doctor who devoted his career to improving the lives of Afghans has died, after being injured in an attack in eastern Afghanistan, BBC reports.
Gunmen shot Tetsu Nakamura, 73, while he was travelling in a car to monitor a project, officials say.
Five Afghans were also killed in the attack, which happened in the city of Jalalabad.
Dr Nakamura headed a Japanese charity focused on improving irrigation in the country.
In October this year, he was awarded honorary citizenship from the Afghan government for his humanitarian work.