Two Members of Herat Shia Ulema Council Murdered In Herat City

Local reports confirm the killing of two members of the Herat Shia Ulema Council on Thursday.

Eyewitnesses informed Afghanistan International that on Thursday afternoon in Jibrail town of Herat city, armed individuals on a motorcycle shot at Rajab Akhlaqi and Khadim Hossein Hedayati.

These two members of the Herat Shia Ulema Council hailed from the Lal and Sarjangal districts in Ghor province, as per sources.

Local Taliban authorities are yet to make a statement regarding the attack, but local reports indicate that Taliban forces converged at the crime scene following the murder of the two Shia clerics.

Till date, neither an individual nor a group has accepted responsibility for the assassination of these Herat Shia Ulema Council members.

In a related incident last month, Eid Mohammad Etimadi, another Herat Shia Ulema Council member, was also slain by armed assailants in the Injil district of the same province.

Reports suggest that Etimadi was abducted before being executed by the gunmen.