‘We were fish in a barrel’: Australian tourist describes deadly Islamic State attack in Afghanistan

Joe McDowell, 38, from Perth, was visiting Bamiyan when he was shot by a gunman who killed three Spaniards and three Afghans

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An Australian adventure tourist targeted in a deadly shooting in central Afghanistan thought he would die after coming face to face with an Islamic State gunman.

Joe McDowell, 38, was shot when the lone gunman opened fire on his tour group in Bamiyan, about 200km west of the capital Kabul, last Friday, killing six people.