Civilians Killed in Failed Attack on Police - Kandahār 2019

Incident
Date
Jul 19, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Kandahar: Kandahar City
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 31.6311552979186

Longitude: 65.7419292332302

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Kandahar
Town/Village
Kandahar City, Kandahār Province
Types of incident
  • Assassination
  • Shooting
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

An unknown armed man on a motorcycle opened fire on police officers in Kandahar City but missed his intended target, instead killing two civilians. The attacker managed to escape from the area following the shooting. The civilian casualties occurred when the gunman's attack on law enforcement personnel went awry.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
2