Armed Attack on Mosque Kills Thirty People in Du Layna, Ghor (2017)
Incident- Date
- Oct 20, 2017
- Province of incident
- Ghor: Du Layna
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 34.175311078344
Longitude: 65.0143432617187
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Du Layna
- Town/Village
- Du Layna district, Ghor province
- Types of incident
- Complex Attack
- Shooting
- Targeted Killing
- Conflict parties
- Afghan National Army (ANA)
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Afghan National Police (ANP)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- ISIL-KP
- Local Militia
- National Directorate of Security (NDS)
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- Unknown
- Alleged types of crimes
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
- Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
- Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On October 20, 2017, armed men stormed a mosque in Du Layna district, killing up to 30 people and injuring dozens more. Among the dead was a pro-government militia commander reportedly linked to Jamiat-e Islami, who appears to have been the main target of the attack. The assault on the religious site during worship caused significant civilian casualties. It remains unclear who was responsible for the attack.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 30
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