By PNA / Xinhua and U.S. News Agency / Asian

Three foreign soldiers were shot dead at a police station in southern Afghan province of Helmand on Friday, a local official said Saturday.

“A 13-year-old student who also worked for police opened fire at foreign soldiers in police department of Germsir district on Friday evening, killing three American soldiers,” the official told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

This was the second deadly attack on foreign troops in Helmand, a former Taliban stronghold on Friday.

In the previous incident, a police commander invited U.S. soldiers in Sangin district for a party and after having meal he opened fire killing three soldiers and injuring another.