Civilians Wounded in Shooting That Killed Police Officer - Herat (2019)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۸ لړم ۸
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Herat: Herat City
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.3494235694824

Longitude: 62.1891939162627

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Hirat
Town Village
Moshk Waniha village, Seventh Police District, Herat City, Herat Province
Types of Incident
  • 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: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

One police officer was killed and two civilians were wounded by unknown gunmen in Moshk Waniha village in the Seventh Police District of Herat City, the provincial capital. The shooting targeted the law enforcement officer but also resulted in civilian casualties among those in the vicinity.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
2