Mosque Shooting and Beheading - Balkh (2015)

Incident
Date
Apr 4, 2015
Year of incident
2015
Province of incident
Balkh: Chimtal
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 36.6370472188615

Longitude: 66.9423840660192

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Chimtal
Town/Village
Razaq Village, Chimtal District, Balkh Province
Types of incident
  • Barrage of Bullets
  • Clash
  • Light Weapon Attack
  • Small Arms Fires
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • Local Militia
  • 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 : Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Wilful killing
  • Other Crimes : Wilfully causing great suffering
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

Date: April 4, 2015

Location: Razaq Village, Chimtal District, Balkh Province

Victims: Three civilians killed and beheaded

Perpetrators: Unknown gunman

Incident Type: Shooting and beheading

Narrative:

On April 4, 2015, an unknown gunman opened fire on worshippers as they were leaving a mosque in Razaq Village, Chimtal District, Balkh Province. Three civilians were killed in the shooting. Following their deaths, the victims were beheaded.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

No of victims involved
3