Vehicle Bomb Kills Civilian and Injures Child - Nangarhār (2019)

Incident
Date
Oct 5, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Jalalabad
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.4552967856833

Longitude: 70.4518092111804

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Jalalabad
Town/Village
Fourth Police District, Jalalabad City, Nangarhār Province
Types of incident
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Vehicle-borne Attack
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 : Employing prohibited weapons, projectiles, materials or methods of warfare
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
  • Other Crimes : Use of mines against civilians
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

One civilian was killed when a bomb attached to a vehicle exploded in the Fourth Police District of Jalalabad City, the provincial capital. Four others were wounded, including one child. The improvised explosive device was affixed to the vehicle and detonated, causing casualties among civilians in the vicinity.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
5