Religious Scholar Shot by Unknown Gunmen - Nangarhār 2019

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۸ چنگاښ ۱
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Jalalabad
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.4552967856833

Longitude: 70.4518092111804

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Jalalabad
Town Village
Jalalabad, Nangarhār 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 religious scholar was shot and killed by unknown gunmen in Jalalabad. The attackers managed to escape from the area following the assassination. The identities and motives of the perpetrators remain unknown.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
1