ISIL-KP detonated a remote-controlled IED inside of a Shi'a mosque killing 24 civilian people
Incident- Date
- Jul 5, 2019
- Year of incident
- 2019
- Province of incident
- Ghazni: Ghazni City
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 33.553649501162
Longitude: 68.4306428259085
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Ghazni City
- Types of incident
- Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
- Conflict parties
- ISIL-KP
- Alleged types of crimes
- War crime: Attacking civilians
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Summary of incident
ISIL-KP detonated a remote-controlled IED inside of the Mohammadiah Mosque (Shi'a mosque), resulting in 24 civilian causalties (two killed and 22 injured), the vast majority being children. Per the New York Times: A blast inside a Shiite mosque in Ghazni City, the provincial capital, killed two worshipers and wounded 25 others. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid denied responsibility for this attack.
- 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: July 5-11, Fahim Abed, New York Times, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/11/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report.html