The title compound, C6H4BrCl2N, crystallizes in the space group P21/c with two molecules in the asymmetric unit. Molecules related by an a-axis translation are slacked over each other, bound by π-π interactions. Molecules in adjacent stacks are linked to each other through weak N - H⋯N hydrogen bonds. © 2005 International Union of Crystallography Printed in Great Britain - all rights reserved.