Radio Station Technician Tortured and Shot Multiple Times - Helmand (2020)

Document
Date
۱۲ دی ۱۳۹۸
Year of Incident
2020
Province of incident
Helmand: Lashkargah
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 31.6109352297402

Longitude: 64.406487844484

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Lashkargah
Town Village
Second Police District, Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province
Types of Incident
  • Shooting
  • Targeted Killing
  • Torture
Conflict Parties
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
  • Unknown: Torture
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

A radio station technician was killed in the Second Police District of Lashkar Gah, where officials found his body and discovered he had been tortured and shot several times. An official investigation was underway. The incident represents a targeted killing of a media worker who was subjected to torture before being executed.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1