Religious Scholar Shot by Unknown Gunmen - Balkh (2019)

Document
Date
۲۰ مهر ۱۳۹۸
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Balkh: Mazar-e Sharif
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 36.6940040349316

Longitude: 67.1132463131472

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Mazar-e Sharif
Town Village
Fourth Police District, Mazar-e-Sharif, Balkh 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)
  • Other
  • 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 religious scholar was shot and killed by unknown gunmen in the Fourth Police District of Mazar-e-Sharif, the provincial capital. The incident represents a targeted assassination of a religious leader by unidentified attackers in the urban center.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1