Farkhonda Malikzad

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Farkhonda Malikzad

is a victim/survivor of a/an

Execution
Lynching

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Additional information

Date of birth:

Unknown
Village/Town of birth:

Unknown
Province of birth:

Badakhshan: Unknown
Gender:

Female
Ethnicity:

Tajik
Education:

Class twelve
Date of the main incident:

March 19, 2015
Place of the main incident:

Kabul city, Shahe Do shamshera
Related incident:

Incident description

Farkhunda Malekzadeh, who is usually called Farkhunda in the media, was a 27-year-old woman who was publicly lynched by hundreds of angry men in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, on March 19, 2015. A large crowd in the streets around her in Shahe Do Shamshera claimed that she had burned the Quran, and for this reason, her accusers declared that they should immediately "send her to hell."