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Mayor of Utah city killed in 'insider attack' in Afghanistan

NORTH OGDEN, Utah — The mayor of a Utah city was killed during an attack in Afghanistan while he was serving with the state’s National Guard, the Salt Lake Tribune and other media reported.

North Ogden Mayor Brent Taylor died Saturday in an apparent “insider attack” in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, the Tribune reported. Another U.S. service member is being treated for wounds sustained in the attack, American military officials said.

Utah Lt. Gov. SpencerCox wrote on his Facebook page that Taylor, 39, has been killed.

Taylor became mayor of North Ogden, a city of about 17,000 people north of Salt Lake City, in 2013.

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