Gunmen kill at least 11 people at Afghanistan picnic spot

BBC ^ | 4/11/26 | Amy Walker

[Uncle Miltie]

At least 11 people are known to have died after gunmen targeted civilians at a picnic spot in western Afghanistan.

Provincial officials originally said four people had been killed in the attack in the Enjil district of Herat province on Friday, but later said that seven more people who were critically injured had also died. No group has claimed responsibility so far.

"Unidentified armed men" riding motorcycles opened fire near the village of Deh Mehri, an interior ministry spokesperson said. The recreational area is usually crowded on Fridays.

A Herat doctor told the BBC that the victims - who were Shia Muslims - had gone to a local shrine for a picnic. Shia Muslims are a minority group in Afghanistan and have been targeted in the past.

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"In a terrorist incident, armed men opened fire on residents who had gone to Deh Mehri village in Enjil district for recreation," he told the BBC. Muttaqi said four bodies, as well as 15 wounded people - including two women - were taken to the Herat regional hospital.

A suspect had been arrested by security forces, he said. The village where the attack took place in is a predominantly Shiite village and has a Shiite Muslim shrine that many people visit daily to visit and pray, interior ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qani said

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; attack; banglist; shia

[Uncle Miltie]

Sunni or later the Shiite is gonna hit the fan!

[spincaster]

Peaceful Muslims just blowing off some steam. .

[nwrep]

This is why Britain needs Muslims.

[antidemoncrat]

Religion of peace?????

[AZJeep]

For those here who hate Shiites, I have something to say to you.
In most case, the Sunni are the aggressors, the Shiite are the ones being persecuted.

[Uncle Miltie]

The only flavor of muslim that concerns me are the ones who believe they are instructed by islam to murder me.

Otherwise, I don’t care about any of them at all.