Attack on a journalist in Herat

Sunday December 20, 2015

Today’s evening, gunmen people wounded Salim Moqimi the host of a social program at Shahrwand media and reporter of Chakkat private TV in 15th district of Herat city. Salim Moqimi has been injured from the arm area, he said to the representative of Afghanistan’s National Journalists in Heart, when riding his motorcycling heading from office to home, several gunmen with cold and warm guns stopped and attacked him.

According to Moqimi, assailants attacked him with a knife and wounded his arm.

Moqimi Said: He managed to escape from the clutches of gunmen with much effort and headed to a pharmacy and his health status is good now.

Herat security officials have said to the Union representatives of Herat that, they will track and identify the perpetrators of the incident.