Religious Scholar Killed in Mosque Bombing - Kabul 2019
Incident- Date
- May 24, 2019
- Year of incident
- 2019
- Province of incident
- Kabul: Kabul
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 34.5168788437339
Longitude: 69.1499999975304
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Kabul
- Town/Village
- Kabul City, Kabul Province
- Types of incident
- Assassination
- Bombing
- Explosion
- 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 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
- Other Crimes : Use of mines against civilians
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
Samiullah Rayhan, a popular Afghan religious scholar who had voiced support for Afghanistan's military and police, was killed in a bombing at Al-Taqwa mosque in Kabul City. He was one of two people killed when an explosion ripped through the mosque during Friday prayers. Sixteen people were wounded in the attack according to a spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of Interior Affairs. The bombing targeted a religious leader known for his support of government security forces.
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AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 18
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