Taliban Attack on Courthouse Kills Chief Prosecutor in Logar (2016)

Incident
Date
Jun 5, 2016
Year of incident
2016
Province of incident
Logar: Pul-i-Alam
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.0010117591936

Longitude: 69.016971416481

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Pul-i-Alam
Town/Village
Pul-i-Alam District, Logar
Types of incident
  • Assassination
  • Ground Attack
  • Murder
  • Shooting
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
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 : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On June 5, 2016, three gunmen attacked a courthouse in Puli Alim, killing the newly appointed Chief Prosecutor, Akram Nejat and four other people. The assault also resulted in injuries to nineteen individuals. Security forces killed all three attackers during the incident.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Gandhara RFE

No of victims involved
24