Tribal Elder Assassinated by Unknown Gunmen - Herat 2019

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Date
۱۸ اسفند ۱۳۹۷
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Herat: Herat City
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.3494235694824

Longitude: 62.1891939162627

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Hirat
Town Village
Herat City, Herat Province
Types of Incident
  • Assassination
  • Shooting
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

A tribal elder was shot and killed by two unknown gunmen on a motorcycle in Herat City. The attackers approached the victim on their motorcycle before opening fire and fleeing the scene. The identities and motives of the perpetrators remain unknown.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1