A mortal shell hit a house killing four children

Incident
Date
May 23, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Laghman: Alishing
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.7944618011332

Longitude: 70.1106166127715

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Alishing
Town/Village
Gerdi Selab
Types of incident
  • Heavy Weapon Attack
Conflict parties
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Attacking civilian objects
Summary of incident

A mortal shell hit a house in the Gerdi Selab area of Alishang District, killing four children, all under the age of 6, and wounding seven civilians, including four women. It remains unclear who fired the mortar.

Source_1

Afghan War Casualty Report: May 2020, New York Times, 28 May 2020, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/07/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report-may-2020.html