ISIL-KP detonated three magnetic IEDs killing and wounding several civilians
Incident- Date
- Jun 2, 2019
- Year of incident
- 2019
- Types of incident
- Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
- Conflict parties
- ISIL-KP
- Alleged types of crimes
- War crime: Attacking civilians
- Summary of incident
ISIL-KP detonated a magnetic IED attached to a bus transporting university students, which killed a child who was a street vendor and injured 10 civilians. ISIL-KP then detonated secondary IEDs targeting first responders arriving at the scene. A third bomb went off as well. The second and third bombs killed a civilian and wounded 14 people. Two journalists who went to cover the first explosion were among those wounded.
- Source_1
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, 2019 Report, pg. 48, available at https://unama.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/afghanistan_protection_of_civilians_annual_report_2019_-_22_february.pdf ; Afghan War Casualty Report: May 31-June 6, Fahim Abed, New York Times, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/06/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report.html