Mosque Shooting and Beheading - Balkh (2015)

Document
Date
۴ آوریل ۲۰۱۵
Year of Incident
2015
Province of incident
Balkh: Chimtal
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 36.6370472188615

Longitude: 66.9423840660192

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Chimtal
Town Village
Razaq Village, Chimtal District, Balkh Province
Types of Incident
  • Barrage of bullets
  • Clash
  • Light Weapon Attack
  • Small arms Fires
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • Local Militia
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militant
  • Unknown
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Wilful killing
  • Unknown: Wilfully causing great suffering
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

Date: April 4, 2015

Location: Razaq Village, Chimtal District, Balkh Province

Victims: Three civilians killed and beheaded

Perpetrators: Unknown gunman

Incident Type: Shooting and beheading

Narrative:

On April 4, 2015, an unknown gunman opened fire on worshippers as they were leaving a mosque in Razaq Village, Chimtal District, Balkh Province. Three civilians were killed in the shooting. Following their deaths, the victims were beheaded.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

No of victims involved
3