Motorcycle Bomb Kills Civilians in Provincial Capital - Herat (2019)

Incident
Date
Aug 6, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Herat: Herat City
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.3494235694824

Longitude: 62.1891939162627

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Herat City
Town/Village
Haji Abbas area, Herat City, Herat Province
Types of incident
  • Bombing
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • 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 civilian objects
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
  • Other Crimes : Use of mines against civilians
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

Five civilians were killed and 29 others were wounded when a motorcycle laden with explosives exploded in the Haji Abbas area of Herat City, the provincial capital. The vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated in the urban area, causing significant casualties among the civilian population.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
34