Taliban Attack on Courthouse Kills Chief Prosecutor in Logar (2016)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۵ غبرگولی ۱۶
Year of Incident
2016
Province of incident
Logar: Pul-i-Alam
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.0010117591936

Longitude: 69.016971416481

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Pul-i-Alam
Town Village
Pul-i-Alam District, Logar
Types of Incident
  • Assassination
  • Ground attack
  • Murder
  • Shooting
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
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: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On June 5, 2016, three gunmen attacked a courthouse in Puli Alim, killing the newly appointed Chief Prosecutor, Akram Nejat and four other people. The assault also resulted in injuries to nineteen individuals. Security forces killed all three attackers during the incident.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Gandhara RFE

No of victims involved
24