Tribal Elder Public Beheading - Nangarhar (2015)
Incident- Date
- Jun 19, 2015
- Year of incident
- 2015
- Province of incident
- Nangarhar: Bati Kot
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 36.8672498001557
Longitude: 66.2001287090534
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Bati Kot
- Town/Village
- Bati Kot District, Nangarhar Province
- Types of incident
- Assassination
- Decapitation
- Execution
- Murder
- Targeted Killing
- Conflict parties
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- ISIL-KP
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
- Local Militia
- Other
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- Alleged types of crimes
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
- Other Crimes : Cruel treatment
- Other Crimes : Inhuman treatment
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Other Crimes : Murder
- Other Crimes : Outrages upon personal dignity
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On June 19, 2015, an Islamic State (IS) affiliated group beheaded a tribal elder who was also the leader of the local shura in Bati Kot District of Nangarhar Province. The victim was allegedly executed for assisting the Taliban. A Twitter account linked to the Islamic State circulated purported photographs of the beheading on the same day. The account was subsequently deleted.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 1
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