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2024 Bamyan shooting

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2024 Bamyan shooting
Part of Afghan conflict and terrorism in Afghanistan
LocationBamyan, Afghanistan
Date17 May 2024
Attack type
Deaths7
Injured7
Perpetrators Islamic State – Khorasan Province[1]
No. of participants
4 (per Taliban government)
MotiveIslamic 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, ISIS – Khorasan Province 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]

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  1. ^ "ISIS claims attack in Afghanistan that killed three Spaniards". al-Arabiya. Archived from the original on 19 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Gunmen open fire and kill 4 people, including 3 Spaniards, in Afghanistan's central Bamyan province". AP News. 17 May 2024. Archived from the original on 18 May 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  3. ^ "At Least 4 Killed In Attack On Foreign Tourists In Afghanistan". RFE/RL. 17 May 2024. Archived from the original on 17 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  4. ^ Popalzai, Masoud; Goodman, Al (17 May 2024). "Spanish tourists among four killed in Afghanistan shooting: Spanish Prime Minister". CNN. Archived from the original on 18 May 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Three Afghans, three Spanish tourists killed in Bamyan shooting". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 18 May 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Muere Araceli Tamayo la turista bilbaina herida grave en un atentado en Afganistán". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  7. ^ Gul, Ayaz (17 May 2024). "Gunmen kill 3 Western tourists, translator in central Afghanistan". Voice of America. Archived from the original on 17 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  8. ^ "ISIS claims attack in Afghanistan that killed three Spaniards". al-Arabiya. Archived from the original on 19 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.