Religious Scholar Shot by Unknown Gunmen - Nangarhār 2019

Incident
Date
Jun 22, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Jalalabad
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.4552967856833

Longitude: 70.4518092111804

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Jalalabad
Town/Village
Jalalabad, Nangarhār Province
Types of incident
  • Assassination
  • 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
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

A religious scholar was shot and killed by unknown gunmen in Jalalabad. The attackers managed to escape from the area following the assassination. The identities and motives of the perpetrators remain unknown.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1