Civilians Killed in Suicide Attack at Funeral Ceremony - Nangarhar (2020)

Incident
Date
May 12, 2020
Year of incident
2020
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Kuz Kunar (Khewa)
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.5962325495757

Longitude: 70.5749975498388

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Kuz Kunar (Khewa)
Town/Village
Kuz Kunar (Khewa) District, Nangarhar Province
Types of incident
  • Suicide Attack
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • ISIL-KP
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Employing prohibited weapons, projectiles, materials or methods of warfare
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On 12 May 2020, a suicide attacker detonated himself during the funeral ceremony of a former pro-government militia commander in Kuz Kunar (Khewa) District, Nangarhar Province, killing 32 civilians and wounding 133 others, some of whom remained in critical condition. An Afghan group affiliated with the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
165