Attack on Hazara Clerics in Jibrail Neighborhood, Herat (2023)
Incident- Date
- Nov 23, 2023
- Year of incident
- 2023
- Province of incident
- Herat: Herat City
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 34.3494235694824
Longitude: 62.1891939162627
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Herat City
- Town/Village
- Etifaq Avenue of Jibrail town
- Types of incident
- Targeted Killing
- Conflict parties
- ISIL-KP
- Alleged types of crimes
- War crime: Attacking civilians
- War crime: Murder
- Regime in place
- Second Taliban Regime of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
Two Shia clerics, Rajab Akhlaqi and Khadim Hossein Hedayati, were shot and killed by unknown gunmen on motorcycles on Thursday, November 23, 2023. The shooting took place in Etifaq Avenue of Jibrail town in Herat, an area where most Hazaras live. The two victims were members of the Herat Shia Ulema Council and came from the Lal and Sarjangal districts in Ghor province. No group or individual has claimed the assassination of the Hazara clerics so far.
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