A child was killed and two civilians were wounded when the police fired into the air

Incident
Date
Apr 13, 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
  • Small Arms Fires
Conflict parties
  • Afghan Local Police (ALP)
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
Summary of incident

A child was killed and two civilians were wounded when police at the entrance of Ghazni City fired into the air as a wedding convoy entered the city, hitting one of the convoy vehicles. The officer who opened fire was arrested and will be prosecuted.

Source_1

Afghan War Casualty Report: April 12-18, Fahim Abed, New York Times, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/18/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report.html.