u. s. r. press secretary from the department of defense, john coby said he could neither confirm nor deny there appear to be images and reports from the ground that some of the african civilians killed me. i have been shot by the marines at the gate at this point in time. since we're 48 hours, do you have any evidence that the marines or any of the us troops may have shot injure or wounded? we can, we can confirm that and certainly not a position to deny it either. we are investigating this and as we get more information that we can reliably communicate to you about this, and so that we will post a suicide bombing in combo claim. the lives also of 13 american troops. the 1st death of us personnel in afghanistan in 18 months was also one of the highest daily death holes of us troops in a decade. the bodies of those soldiers were transferred back home on sunday to dover air force base among those paying their respects with us president joe biden . however, when later quizzed by the press about the cri