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On 10 April, four masked gunmen on motorcycles attacked Shia families at the Sayed Mohammad Agha shrine in Deh-Mehri village, Injil district, Herat. They separa

Incident 10 April 2026 Herat province AHRC-2026-0410-HER-01

Summary

On 10 April, four masked gunmen on motorcycles attacked Shia families at the Sayed Mohammad Agha shrine in Deh-Mehri village, Injil district, Herat. They separated the men, killed the shrine caretaker and his two sons, then fired indiscriminately for about 10 minutes. UNAMA confirmed 11 killed and 11 injured, including women and children. The attackers are unidentified, and there is no credible evidence for the IS claims. The Taliban reportedly controlled the narrative: they surveilled mourners, restricted journalists, threatened hospital staff, and have not carried out a credible investigation or made any arrests.

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Placed to district level. Sources name the district; no coordinates have been established, and the exact address is withheld.

Each code names the treaty provision the conduct engages, so the assignment can be checked rather than trusted.

HR-LIFE-02

Killing of civilians in attack · primary

ICCPR Art. 6; IHL

Assigned from the reported conduct and confirmed on review.

HR-MIN-01

Ethnic / minority persecution

ICCPR Art. 26, 27; CERD

Assigned from the reported conduct and confirmed on review.

HR-EXPR-01

Suppression of press / journalists

ICCPR Art. 19; UDHR Art. 19

Assigned from the reported conduct and confirmed on review.

HR-LIFE-01

Extrajudicial / summary killing

ICCPR Art. 6; UDHR Art. 3

Assigned from the reported conduct and confirmed on review.

Also coded as: Discrimination, Freedom of expression, Extrajudicial execution

Sources

One report only. Nothing corroborates it yet, which is why this entry is graded single-source rather than confirmed.

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Zan Times
Domestic outlet · en · 3 November 2026
“The Deh-Mehri massacre and the Taliban’s cover-up of anti-Shia violence”
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How this entry was made

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Structured extraction against the UN taxonomy · HR-LIFE-02
Sent to review
Shown as “under review” until a human reviewer confirms it
Awaiting corroboration
Held at single-source pending a second independent report

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Afghanistan Human Rights Center, “On 10 April, four masked gunmen on motorcycles attacked Shia families at the Sayed Mohammad Agha shrine in Deh-Mehri village, Injil district, Herat. They separa”, entry AHRC-2026-0410-HER-01, grade: Single-source, 2026-04-10. Retrieved 6 November 2026.

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