Akmal Nazari

is a victim/survivor of a/an

  • Anti-Personnel Mine
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
  • Targeted Killing
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Additional information

  • Date of birth:

    2002

  • Village/Town of birth:

    Unknown

  • Province of birth:

    Balkh: Sholgara

  • Gender:

    Male

  • Ethnicity:

    Hazara

  • Education:

    Diploma

  • Date of the main incident:

    March 11, 2023

  • Place of the main incident:

    Balkh: Mazar-e Sharif

Incident description

On 11 March 2023, an explosive device detonated inside the Tabyan Center, in Mazar-e-Sharif. The blast resulted in the deaths of 2 journalists and injuries to another 18 people. All the victims were civilians, primarily belonging to the Hazara ethnic group. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant-Khorasan Province (ISIL-KP) claimed responsibility for the attack.

Source

Alleged type of harm

  • Human costs: Killed

Alleged type of crimes

  • War crime: Attacking civilian objects
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
  • War crime: Cruel treatment
  • War crime: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • War crime: Murder
  • War crime: Use of mines against civilians
  • War crime: Wilful killing
  • War crime: Wilfully causing great suffering
  • Act of genocide: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Act of genocide: Deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about physical destruction
  • Act of genocide: Killing
  • Crime against humanity: Extermination
  • Crime against humanity: Murder
  • Crime against humanity: Other inhumane acts
  • Crime against humanity: Persecution

Akmal Nazari

Incident geolocation

  • Province:

    Balkh: Mazar-e Sharif

  • Latitude:

    36.6940040349316

  • Longitude:

    67.1132463131472

Witness/Survivor Statement

No statement