District Governor Killed in Roadside Bombing - Herat (2019)
Document- Date
- AP ۱۳۹۸ زمری ۱۲
- Year of Incident
- 2019
- Province of incident
- Herat: Zinda Jan
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 34.7022687377339
Longitude: 61.7166588530807
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Zinda Jan
- Town Village
- Zinda Jan, Herat Province
- Types of Incident
- Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
- Roadside bomb
- 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: Employing prohibited weapons, projectiles, materials or methods of warfare
- Unknown: Killing
- Unknown: Murder
- Perpetrators
- Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary
A roadside bomb struck the vehicle of Shokrullah Shaker, the district governor of Zendah Jan, killing him and three police officers. Five other officers were wounded in the incident. The improvised explosive device was targeted at the government official's convoy, resulting in the death of the civilian administrator along with security personnel.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 1
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