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Zainab Hussaini

is a victim/survivor of a/an

  • Explosion
  • Suicide Attack
  • Targeted Killing
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Additional information

  • Date of birth:

    2014

  • Village/Town of birth:

    Dashte Barchi دشت برچی

  • Province of birth:

    Kabul: Kabul

  • Gender:

    Female

  • Ethnicity:

    Hazara

  • Education:

    Child

  • Date of the main incident:

    April 22, 2018

  • Place of the main incident:

    Dasht-e-Barchi, West Kabul

  • Related incident:

Incident description

On April 22, 2018, a suicide bomber detonated his explosive device amidst a large gathering of civilians seeking to obtain electronic identification (e-ID) cards in the Mahtab Qala area of Dasht-e-Barchi, located west of Kabul. The explosion resulted in the deaths of at least 69 civilians, with an additional 120 individuals sustaining injuries. According to official reports, among the victims were 22 women, 17 children, and individuals with disabilities. Furthermore, the injured comprised 52 women, 50 men, and 17 children. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant–Khorasan Province (ISIL-KP) claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that they targeted the Hazara-Shia community.

Source

BBC Persian Azadi Radio Etilaatroz DW Persian Hazar Genocide Archive

Alleged type of harm

  • Psychological costs: Faces traumas and anxiety
  • Human costs: Killed

Alleged type of crimes

  • War crime: Attacking civilian objects
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
  • War crime: Cruel treatment
  • War crime: Destruction and appropriation of property
  • War crime: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • War crime: Murder
  • War crime: Use of mines against civilians
  • War crime: Wilful killing
  • War crime: Wilfully causing great suffering
  • Act of genocide: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Act of genocide: Deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about physical destruction
  • Act of genocide: Killing
  • Crime against humanity: Extermination
  • Crime against humanity: Murder
  • Crime against humanity: Other inhumane acts
  • Crime against humanity: Persecution

Zainab Hussaini

Incident geolocation

  • Province:

    Kabul: Kabul

  • Latitude:

    34.5168788437339

  • Longitude:

    69.1499999975304

Latitude: 34.5168788437339

Longitude: 69.1499999975304

Witness/Survivor Statement

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