ISKP Suicide Attack on Jawadia Masque (2017)
Incident- Date
- Aug 1, 2017
- Year of incident
- 2017
- 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
- Jawadia Masque
- Types of incident
- Suicide Attack
- Conflict parties
- ISIL-KP
- Taliban
- Alleged types of crimes
- War crime: Attacking civilians
- War crime: Murder
- War crime: Wilful killing
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On August 1, 2017, Jawadia, a Shaia mosque in the Western province of Herat, Afghanistan, was attacked, killing 33 people and injuring 66 others. Two guys carried out the attack, one carrying a suicide vest and the other armed with a rifle. They entered the "Jawadia" mosque during an evening prayer session where approximately 300 people had gathered to worship. The first attacker flung bombs into the crowd before detonating their vests. The second attacker also discharged his rifle into the crowd before blowing himself up. The Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP) claimed responsibility for the attack.
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