Premature Suicide Bomber Detonation Kills Two Civilians in Aino Mena City, Kandahar (2018)

Incident
Date
Dec 25, 2018
Year of incident
2018
Province of incident
Kandahar: Kandahar City
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 31.6311552979186

Longitude: 65.7419292332302

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Kandahar
Town/Village
Aino Mena City, Kandahar province
Types of incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Suicide Attack
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Killing
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On December 25, 2018, a suicide attacker prematurely detonated his explosives while being pursued by security forces in Aino Mena City, killing two civilians and wounding three others. This incident occurred when the bomber triggered his device during a chase, causing civilian casualties in the area.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
5