A U.S. serviceman shot the boy not far from the U.S. air base in Afghanistan on Monday Associated Press reported quoting the police representative.

According to the representative of Afghan police Zaman Mamozai, the child whose age has not been determined, was near the Bagram air base, he was carrying an object like an automatic rifle in his hands. The U.S. military has noted that he had warned the child and asked him to stop. Local residents tried to organize a protest action at the air base, but left after they were told the incident details.

Brigadier General Charles Cleveland, spokesman for the U.S. forces in Afghanistan, said that they were investigating the incident , RIA Novosti reported.

Bagram air base is located 40 kilometers north of Kabul and is one of the main bases of the US Armed Forces in Afghanistan.