Samiullah Rayhan, a popular Afghan religious scholar was killed in a bombing at a mosque in Kabul

Incident
Date
AP ۱۳۹۸ غبرگولی ۳
Year of incident
2019
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.5168788437339

Longitude: 69.1499999975304

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Kabul
Types of incident
  • Suicide attack
Conflict parties
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Wilful killing
Summary of incident

Samiullah Rayhan, a popular Afghan religious scholar who had voiced support for Afghanistan’s military and police, was killed in a bombing at a mosque in Kabul City. He was one of two people killed when an explosion ripped through Al-Taqwa mosque during Friday Prayer. Sixteen people were wounded, according to a spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of Interior Affairs.

Source_1

Afghan War Casualty Report: May 24-30, Fahim Abed, New York Times, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/24/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report.html