Jerrycan IED Explosion - Farah (2015)
Incident- Date
- Apr 5, 2015
- Year of incident
- 2015
- Province of incident
- Farah: Farah
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 32.4474774615319
Longitude: 62.1455285395971
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Farah
- Town/Village
- Farah City, Farah Province
- Types of incident
- Explosion
- Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
- Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
- Roadside Bomb
- Conflict parties
- Afghan National Army (ANA)
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- ISIL-KP
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
- Local Militia
- Other
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- Unknown
- Alleged types of crimes
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
- Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Other Crimes : Use of mines against civilians
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
Date: April 5, 2015
Location: Farah City, Farah Province
Victims:
One boy killed
One elder brother injured
Perpetrators: Unknown
Incident Type: Remote-controlled IED concealed in a jerrycan
Narrative:
On April 5, 2015, a remote-controlled Improvised Explosive Device (IED) concealed inside a jerrycan (locally known as Oil Boshka) was placed on a road in Farah City, Farah Province. The device detonated when a boy walking to work moved the container. The explosion killed the boy and injured his elder brother.
- Source_1
AHRO Incident Report
- No of victims involved
- 2