A shooting attack in Bamyan, Afghanistan, has resulted in the deaths of six people, including three Spanish nationals and three Afghans. The attack also left eight individuals injured, including citizens from Spain, Norway, Australia, and Latvia. The victims have been identified, with Spanish fatalities including Ramón Belmas Rimbau, Susana Vilar Bhuler, and Elena Schroeder Vilar. The injured include Maria Celia Tamayo from Spain. The Taliban's Ministry of Interior confirmed the casualties and stated that seven suspects have been arrested. The attack has been claimed by the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), which stated that the assault targeted foreign tourists and local Hazaras for sectarian reasons. The main suspect, Sarwar, a member of the Hazara tribe, has been apprehended. The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs is providing consular assistance to the injured Australian citizen.
𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝗺𝘆𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝗕𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶 𝗛𝗮𝘇𝗮𝗿𝗮 The Taliban-affiliated Al Mersaad media claimed that Sarwar, a Hazara arrested in Bamyan, is the main suspect in the attack on foreign tourists. Meanwhile, the IS-affiliated Amaq News's… https://t.co/LyiPDHqXJH https://t.co/b3dBfP9nMo
As predicted, ISC Amaq Media claimed responsibility for the targeted killing of foreign tourists in Bamyan, stating that the attack was carried out by IS Khorasan Province (ISKP). https://t.co/pXsGfuq9CS https://t.co/lT2G74oJGp
𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝘀 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 '𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝘇𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀' 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗺𝘆𝗮𝗻 Islamic State group-affiliated Amaq News Agency reported that Islamic State fighters… https://t.co/TwX5Q0DtyA https://t.co/3FExX9vfQm
Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack in Bamyan. Report says ISKP fighters attacked a bus with foreign tourists from Spain, Lithuania,Australia and Norway, killing and wounding seven. In addition, five Hazaras were killed. #Afghanistan https://t.co/sbpnuuUR6z https://t.co/GJ3ViGh3rU
As mentioned previously, ISKP has been threatening foreign tourists in Afghanistan. The group’s narratives frame tourism (vloggers in particular) & int’l aid as Trojan horse for Western ideas. https://t.co/mEaKjejoDz ISKP says the attack follows IS orders to attack foreigners https://t.co/UI1c2MQ7ul
ISIS has claimed responsibility for an attack by gunmen on tourists in #Afghanistan’s central #Bamiyan province, the group says on its Telegram channel. https://t.co/JT4vHOSOL6 https://t.co/MmFkpUK55j
TKD MONITORING: Islamic State Khorasan (ISKP), in a statement issued through Islamic State's Amaq News Agency, has claimed the attack. The statement argues ISKP militants assassinated foreign tourists and locals in Bamyan for sectarian reasons as well as due to the important… https://t.co/rebOiTHtLV https://t.co/cBicJIdKpY
An Australian man injured in a shooting that killed six people in Afghanistan is in hospital, according to social media posts by an Australian academic and a local crime authority. https://t.co/A4TiHNnepi
Al Jazeera English: "Gunmen kill four, including three foreign tourists, in central Afghanistan" https://t.co/Epx5EC4ZWr
Death toll from a shooting attack in central Afghanistan's Bamyan province on Friday has risen to six, including three Spanish nationals and three Afghans, a local police official said https://t.co/3ZS9eRhmnM https://t.co/0X372mm4x1
One Australian is among eight people injured and six dead after several gunmen opened fire on tourists in Afghanistan. https://t.co/CqowJp4gU8
The Department of Foreign Affairs says it is providing consular assistance to an Australian in the wake of several gunmen opening fire in the city of Bamyan. https://t.co/yFcsu9K3Ob
Al-Mirsad media claims a key suspect allegedly involved in the attack on foreign tourists in Bamiyan province has been arrested after a clash with the Taliban forces. The attack remains unclaimed. https://t.co/lLzkuNwsb2
The individual identified as Sarwar, the son of Qanbar Ali, a resident of the Guwareh area in the center of Bamiyan and belonging to the Hazara tribe, has been apprehended as a significant suspect in the attack on foreign tourists... Read more 🔗 https://t.co/a1YJmL1qAz
🇪🇸3 SPANIARDS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN SHOOTING 3 Spaniards and 3 Afghans were killed in a shooting in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, yesterday. 8 suspects were arrested at the scene. 4 foreigners, including citizens from Spain, Norway, Australia, and Latvia, were injured and taken to… https://t.co/NplQzMpljR
Tourism is getting wacky A few months ago a spanish man and woman camped out on the street in India (she got raped) Today a Spanish mother, daughter and an (unrelated) man went to central Afghanistan for tourism and got shot and killed. https://t.co/zTBYyWFPIG
The Taliban's spokesman for the Ministry of Interior provided the following 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗺𝘆𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 in a video clip: - Three foreign tourists and three Afghans were killed. - Four foreigners and three Afghans were wounded. - Seven suspects were… https://t.co/nD5VM9jnKZ https://t.co/KhW3YFXnBB
ALERT: The killed and injured Spanish nationals in yesterday's attack in Bamyan, Afghanistan have been identified as follows: - Fatalities: - Ramón Belmas Rimbau - Susana Vilar Bhuler - Elena Schroeder Vilar - Injured: - Maria Celia Tamayo Source: Afghan… https://t.co/bX8FwN1mPq
ALERT: The killed and injured Spanish nationals in yesterday's attack in Bamyan, Afghanistan have been identified as follows: - Fatalities: - Ramón Belmas Rimbau - Susana Vilar Bhuler - Elena Schroeder Vilar - Injured: - Maria Celia Tamayo https://t.co/bX8FwN1mPq
Gunmen have killed an Afghan citizen and three foreign tourists in central Afghanistan’s Bamyan province, says the Ministry of Interior Affairs https://t.co/QdJiFiudCB https://t.co/8FlqSuhhBc
According to international news agencies citing Spanish and Australian officials, three of the victims killed and one wounded in the Bamyan shooting have been confirmed as Spanish nationals. Another injured person is from Australia. According to AFP, two other wounded individuals… https://t.co/2Z6dxodnju https://t.co/MF3WJKk30t