The World - News from Oct. 2, 1985
Charles E. Thornton, 50, a medical writer for the Arizona Republic, was killed in Afghanistan on Sept. 25, and a news photographer and two American doctors with him were wounded, Afghan rebels in Islamabad, Pakistan, said. Conflicting reports said Thornton was killed either by gunfire from an Afghan helicopter, a land mine or by rebels who mistook the victims for Soviets. The wounded were identified as photographer Peter Schlueter, 29, and John Maugnum and Judd Jensen.
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