Provincial Court Judge Shot and Killed by Gunmen - Herat (2020)

Incident
Date
Apr 30, 2020
Year of incident
2020
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
12th Police District, Herat City, Herat Province
Types of incident
  • Murder
  • Shooting
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Local Militia
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
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 30 April 2020, while returning home from duty, the judge of a provincial court in Herat City was shot and killed by unknown gunmen on a motorcycle in the 12th Police District, Herat Province. The gunmen were later arrested.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1