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Afghan militants have launched an attack on a government delegation visiting the site where a US soldier killed 16 civilians.

Two of President Hamid Karzai’s brothers and several top security officials are in the delegation in Panjwai in Kandahar province.

Afghan forces are returning fire and it is unclear whether there are any casualties.

The US soldier who allegedly carried out Sunday’s attacks is under arrest.

The unnamed 38-year-old staff sergeant is being held at an undisclosed location.

A senior Afghan official said: ”I can confirm that the Taliban have launched an attack from several directions against a government delegation. The delegation was there to meet villagers and tribal elders. This is an area where the Taliban exist and operate. At this stage, our forces are returning fire.”

The US soldier’s attack in Kandahar has severely strained relations between Afghans and foreign forces.

Anti-US sentiment was already high after soldiers burned some copies of the Koran at a NATO base in Kabul last month, sparking deadly riots across the country.

On Tuesday morning, some 600 students took part in a rally in the eastern city of Jalalabad, condemning the Kandahar attack and chanting “Death to America! Death to Obama!”.

Afghan militants have launched an attack on a government delegation visiting the site where a US soldier killed 16 civilians

Afghan militants have launched an attack on a government delegation visiting the site where a US soldier killed 16 civilians

US President Barack Obama said the shooting was “absolutely heartbreaking and tragic”.

But he said international forces must be withdrawn from Afghanistan in a responsible way, and would not “rush for the exits”.

Barack Obama said the international forces had to make sure Afghans could secure their borders and stop al-Qaeda from getting back into the country.

US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said the soldier in question could face the death penalty, if found guilty.

The Taliban has renewed threats of revenge attacks, saying it would behead “sadistic” American soldiers.

Details about Sunday’s shootings are still unclear, but the American soldier left his base in Kandahar in the early hours and went on a rampage in nearby villages.

Locals told reporters how they cowered in fear as the man made his way from door to door, trying to get into their houses.

“I saw a man, he dragged a woman by her hair and banged her head repeatedly against the wall. She didn’t say a word,” one witness said.

The soldier broke into three houses and killed 16 people, most of them women and children. He then burned their bodies, according to reports.

The US defence secretary said the soldier “came back to the forward operating base and basically turned himself in, told individuals what had happened”.

Pentagon officials said they would not release his name while the investigation was going on.

Reports said the soldier, who has three children, had been deployed to Afghanistan in December for his first tour of duty there after serving three times in Iraq.

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The crocodile weighs one ton and is believed responsible for eating at least one fisherman, but this monster has finally been caught by 100 men in Philippines.

Measuring 21 ft (about 6.5 m), the monster is the largest crocodile captured alive in recent years.

World's largest crocodile has been caught in Philippines

World's largest crocodile has been caught in Philippines

The largest crocodile was caught, after a three-week hunt, in a creek in the Philippines by villagers who had lived in fear of it for more than 20 years.

The crocodile’s nearest rival in the monster stakes is Cassius, an Australian salt-water crocodile which measures a “mere” 18ft (5.5 m) and which is still on the loose in the Northern Territory.

The Philippine crocodile lived in a river system in Agusan, a poverty-stricken region 500 miles south east of Manila, but while it was a constant threat to villagers no-one was brave enough to try to capture it.

The monster crocodile was placed under observation and when it was witnessed by several villagers killing a water buffalo they knew their suspicions were right.

Many of the villagers posed beside the captured monster crocodile before it was driven off to a confined area

Many of the villagers posed beside the captured monster crocodile before it was driven off to a confined area

“We were very nervous about tackling this beast but it was our duty to deal with it because it was a threat to many villagers and their farm animals,” said the local mayor, Edwin Elorde.

“When I finally saw it after its capture I couldn’t believe my eyes.

“It was big enough to swallow three men all at once.”

The crocodile hunting was set in place after it was seen in a creek, with villagers setting four net traps, which the crocodile destroyed with a mighty snap of its jaws.

The second time hunters used traps made of steel cables and this time the animal failed to get away.

One hundred men were required to pull the monster crocodile on to the banks of the creek where, after a great deal of difficulty, it was bound up and then lifted by crane on to the back of a truck.

Hunters weren’t going to let the victory pass without having their photo taken, so many of the villagers posed beside their scaly captive before it was driven off to a confined area.

Many of the villagers posed beside the captured monster crocodile before it was driven off to a confined area

Many of the villagers posed beside the captured monster crocodile before it was driven off to a confined area

The crocodile, which have not been named yet, is destined for fame.

Villagers have been expecting monster to be the star attraction at a new eco-tourism park that is set up in Agusan.

“It will be the biggest star of the park,” said Mayor Elorde.

“The villagers, of course, are very happy that they have been able to turn this dangerous crocodile from a threat into an asset.”

But the 37,000 people who live in the region have been told not to rest on their laurels.

Many other large crocodiles remain in the rivers and people have been told not to venture into marsh areas alone at night.

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