2024 Bamyan shooting | |
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Part of Afghan conflict and terrorism in Afghanistan | |
Location | Bamyan, Afghanistan |
Date | 17 May 2024 |
Attack type | |
Deaths | 7 |
Injured | 7 |
Perpetrators | Islamic State – Khorasan Province[1] |
No. of participants | 4 (per Taliban government) |
Motive | Islamic extremism |
On 17 May 2024, a group of foreign tourists were attacked by gunmen at a market in Bamyan Province in central Afghanistan, according to government and security sources.[2]
Taliban-led Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Matin Qani said that three Spaniards and three Afghans were killed, including a Taliban member. Eight other people were injured, including one Lithuanian, one Norwegian, one Australian and one Spaniard.[3][4][5] The injured Spaniard tourist died from her injuries in Spain on July 30. [6] Qani said on X that Taliban security forces' efforts to apprehend the perpetrators led to the arrests of four suspects linked to the assault, and that they were possibly affiliated with the Islamic State.[7]
On 19 May, the Islamic State officially claimed responsibility for the attack, adding that they targeted western tourists from countries that are a part of the US-led anti-IS coalition, alongside their Afghan Shia guides.[8]