Police Kill Twelve-Year-Old Boy and Fellow Officers in Omna, Paktika (2018)

Incident
Date
May 31, 2018
Year of incident
2018
Province of incident
Paktika: Omna
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 32.9010081013932

Longitude: 68.7997424694251

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Omna
Town/Village
Omna district, Paktika province
Types of incident
  • Extrad-Judicial Killing
  • Shooting
Conflict parties
  • Afghan Local Police (ALP)
  • 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
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

On May 31, 2018, in Omna district, a member of the Afghan National Police shot and killed a 12-year-old boy when the child refused to carry water to a checkpoint. Following this incident, a member of the Afghan Local Police reacted by shooting and killing the two Afghan National Police officers involved in the boy's murder and wounding a third officer. No one was held accountable for any of these killings as of the time of reporting.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA

No of victims involved
4