- Source: 2024 Qorodal bus shooting
On September 12, 2024, four IS-KP militants on motorcycles opened fire at Shiite Muslims and Hazara people heading to greet pilgrims returning from the Arba'in pilgrimage in Karbala, Iraq, killing fifteen people and injuring six others.
Attack
On September 12, in Qorodal, four armed masked Islamic State militants on motorcycles ambushed Shiites and Hazaras while they were on a minibus. Initially believing them to be government forces, the passengers followed their instructions. The four men instructed them to line up for a group photograph; after the passengers lined up, they were immediately shot. A survivor recounted the men kicking and shooting those who were wounded by gunfire, laughing as they did so. He himself survived after he fled and was shot, leading the perpetrators to believe he had died. When the attack was over, the four men fled to Ghor Province on their motorcycles.
Victims
The fifteen victims were all Shia men including a dentist from Ghor Province. Most of the other victims were farmers. Fourteen people died at the site of the shooting, and one injured man died in hospital.
Responses
The Taliban condemned the attack. In the immediate aftermath, victims' families' stated that the Taliban did not investigate the incident and had ignored a series of targeted attacks against Hazaras.
See also
2024 Kabul bus bombing
2024 Qala Bakhtiar bombing