A large group of prisoners were attempting to escape from the central prison leading to a clash between. Two police officers were killed and four others were wounded in the attack

Incident
Date
Apr 11, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Paktia: Gardez
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.6047872286604

Longitude: 69.2277714856939

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Gardez
Types of incident
  • Light Weapon Attack
Conflict parties
  • Taliban
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Killing
Summary of incident

A large group of prisoners were attempting to escape from the central prison in Gardez City, the provincial capital, leading to a clash between the prisoners and police forces trying to stop them. Two police officers were killed and four others were wounded in the attack, while two prisoners were also wounded. Most of the prisoners are members of the Taliban.

Source_1

Afghan War Casualty Report: April 2020, Fahim Abed, New York Times, 30 April 2020, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report-april-2020.html