report and get you the latest on the number casualties and local reaction. it s within one year since an earthquake triggered a tsunami and nuclear disaster in japan. see how the people of japan are marking this sad anniversary. a houston pastor asks members of his congregation to get tattoos for lent. we begin with breaking news out of afghanistan where government officials say seven people are, quote, feared dead following a shooting blamed on a u.s. service member. the incident taking place in the kandahar province. cnn s sara sidner in the capital city of kabul. a lot of conflicting reports on this story so far this morning. what have you been able to sort out? reporter: we heard finally from the kandahar government who say they were 15 casualties as they know it. seven feared dead and the other eight wounded. those people being treated by coalition forces in a medical facility in kandahar. according to isef, so far they have not released any kind of numbers when
member has opened fire on civilians. sarah is in kabul, afghanistan. what can you tell us at this point? reporter: good morning. at this point there s a lot of conflicting information, depending bho you ask, which has been par for the course in this conflict. away we re hearing from the international service assistance force is that they are saying, look, this was one soldier who went off base. it was not a part of any kind of a mission. the soldier left base, walked off the base, and eventually opened fire injuring several civilians. those civilians are being treated at a coalition medical facility. now, that is now being disputed by the taliban and by a villager that we were able to get ahold of in the area. this is happening in an area that has been heavily targeted because it is filled with the taliban, and so it s an area that has seen quite a bit of action, but we need to mention that the taliban is saying that they believe this was many soldiers who attacked one part