KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 12 — As many as four university students were killed and dozens of others were wounded Monday night when Afghan police opened fire with automatic weapons on students who were throwing stones and demanding the restoration of water and electricity in their derelict dormitory.
The clashes continued this morning with police firing bullets over students' heads, blasting them with water cannons and pummeling whomever they could catch.
After an emergency meeting with senior officials, the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, ordered an investigation into both the protests and the killings. "I offer my condolences to the family of the one who was martyred," Mr. Karzai said in a statement read today on state television. "I again emphasize that a university is not a place of politics."
