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Additional information
Date of birth:
1991
Village/Town of birth:
Bekrabad
Province of birth:
Herat: Herat City
Gender:
Male
Ethnicity:
Tajik
Education:
Unknown
Date of the main incident:
August 01, 2017
Place of the main incident:
Herat City, Bekrabad
Related incident:
Incident description
On August 1, 2017, a Shia mosque in Herat, Afghanistan, was attacked. 33 people were killed and 66 others were injured. Two men carried out the attack. One carried a suicide vest and the other was 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 his vest. 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.
Alleged type of harm
Alleged type of crimes
Province:
Herat: Herat City
Latitude:
34.3494235694824
Longitude:
62.1891939162627
Latitude: 34.3494235694824
Longitude: 62.1891939162627
No statement
Latitude: 34.3494235694824
Longitude: 62.1891939162627
On August 1, 2017, a Shia mosque in Herat, Afghanistan, was attacked. 33 people were killed and 66 others were injured. Two men carried out the attack. One carried a suicide vest and the other was 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 his vest. 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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