Worshippers Killed in Mosque Explosion During Friday Prayers - Kabul (2020)

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Date
۲۳ خرداد ۱۳۹۹
Year of Incident
2020
Province of incident
Kabul: Kabul City
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.5168788437339

Longitude: 69.1499999975304

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Kabul
Town Village
Shir Shah-E-Suri Mosque, Kabul, Kabul Province
Types of Incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • 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)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Employing prohibited weapons, projectiles, materials or methods of warfare
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On 12 June 2020, an explosion in the Shir Shah-E-Suri Mosque in Kabul, Kabul Province, during Friday prayers killed at least four people and wounded many more. Explosives had been placed inside the mosque. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. The Taliban issued a statement condemning it and calling the death of the prayer leader a "great crime."

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

RFE

No of victims involved
4