Car Bombing Kills Ten Police Officers in Helmand (2016)
Incident- Date
- Oct 10, 2016
- Year of incident
- 2016
- Province of incident
- Helmand: Lashkargah
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 31.6109352297402
Longitude: 64.406487844484
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Lashkargah
- Town/Village
- Lashkargah, Helmand province
- Types of incident
- Bombing
- Explosion
- Targeted Killing
- Vehicle-borne Attack
- Conflict parties
- Afghan National Army (ANA)
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- Afghan National Police (ANP)
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- Other
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- Alleged types of crimes
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
- Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
- Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
- Other Crimes : Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On October 10, 2016, a suspected car bomb detonated in the besieged city of Lashkargah, killing at least 10 police officers. The explosion also wounded at least 14 people, including both police personnel and civilians. The Taliban were suspected of carrying out this attack during their ongoing offensive in Helmand province.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
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- No of victims involved
- 24
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