2015 Zabul beheading

2015 Zabul Beheading
Location	Zabul, Afghanistan
Date	November 9, 2015
Attack type	Beheading and Shooting
Deaths	7

The 2015 Zabul beheading refers to the decapitation of seven Afghan Shia Hazaras on November 9, 2015 in the southern Afghan province of Zabul. Islamic State fighters had taken the seven members of the Hazara ethnic group hostage a month prior in Ghazni and had been holding them in the Arghandab district of Zabul Province. The hostages included four men, two women, and a nine-year-old girl. They were beheaded using razor wire on 9 November 2015 by IS militants.[1][2]

References

Qazi, Shereena (2015-11-10). "Afghans protest 'beheadings of ethnic Hazara by ISIL'". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
"The beheading of a 9-year-old girl prompted huge protests in Afghanistan". Washington Post. 2015-11-12. Retrieved 2018-01-24.

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[Qazi_2015-1] Qazi, Shereena (2015-11-10). "Afghans protest 'beheadings of ethnic Hazara by ISIL'". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2018-01-24.

[Washington_Post_2015-2] "The beheading of a 9-year-old girl prompted huge protests in Afghanistan". Washington Post. 2015-11-12. Retrieved 2018-01-24.