Last Updated: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 | 8:05 AM PT
CBC News
Afghan authorities on Wednesday detained four men for questioning in the killing of a Canadian man in Nahrin and said a full investigation is underway.
Mike Frastacky, an independent aid worker who had built a school in Nahrin in the northeastern Baghlan province, was found dead in a house on Monday.
Authorities said the 56-year-old Vancouver carpenter suffered three bullet wounds. Four people — including a translator, a body guard, an owner of the house and a neighbour — have been detained.
Omar Samad, Afghanistan's ambassador to Canada, speculated that Taliban militants or other extremist groups may be tied to the murder.
"In the past few months, we have had reports of a resurgence of extremist elements like the Taliban and other extremist groups that used to have a foothold in these provinces," he told the Canadian Press. "Now, is this tied to his killing? We don't know, but we will have to find out."
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