I posted a deal about the brave actions of Louis when this originally happened and hoped that the UN would recognize his bravery and sacrifice with the Dag Hammarskjold Medal. Now that this story came out, this adds even more tragedy to the mix. Imagine surviving all of that fighting, and then getting executed by the so called ‘police’? Perhaps these were not police at all, and were just the enemy dressed like the police? This doesn’t sound like friendly fire to me. Who knows and I certainly hope the UN continues the investigation on this. –Matt
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Louis Maxwell.
UN bodyguard ‘executed by Afghan police’
A United Nations bodyguard who saved 17 colleagues by holding back Taliban fighters who stormed a guesthouse was minutes later executed by Afghan police, according to a video which has been seen by officials.
By Ben Farmer in Kabul17 Apr 2010
Louis Maxwell, a UN security officer from the United States, was among five international UN workers who died in the early morning October 28 attack in Kabul.
Mr Maxwell climbed onto a roof of the privately-run Bakhtar guesthouse and held the suicide attackers at bay with an assault rifle so colleagues could escape.