Religious Scholar Killed on Way to Morning Prayer - Nangarhār 2019

Incident
Date
Jun 12, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Unknown
Town/Village
Khewa, Nangarhār Province
Types of incident
  • Assassination
  • 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 killed by armed men while he was traveling to the mosque for morning prayer in Khewa. The attack targeted the religious leader as he was making his way to conduct prayers at the local mosque. The identities of the perpetrators remain unspecified.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1