Qasim Hashimi

is a victim/survivor of a/an

  • Suicide Attack
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Additional information

  • Date of birth:

  • Village/Town of birth:

    • Province of birth:

    • Gender:

      Male

    • Ethnicity:

      Hazara

    • Education:

      Class twelve

    • Date of the main incident:

      August 15, 2018

    • Place of the main incident:

      Kabul City, District 13, Kors Mawod

    Incident description

    A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device inside a classroom at Mawoud Educational Academy, where over 240 students were preparing for a university entrance exam. The attack took place at approximately 4:00 pm on August 15, 2018, in the Naqash section of the Hazara-majority Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood, PD-18, in western Kabul. At least 50 students were killed and 67 others were injured. The majority of casualties were high school students under the age of 20 who belonged to the Hazara ethnic group. The Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISIL-KP) has claimed responsibility for the attack on Mawoud Educational Academy.

    Source

    Alleged type of harm

    • Psychological costs: Experienced scenes of clashes and violence
    • Psychological costs: Faces traumas and anxiety
    • Human costs: Injured
    • Human costs: Killed

    Alleged type of crimes

    • 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: Forcibly transferring children
    • Act of genocide: Imposing measures intended to prevent births
    • Act of genocide: Killing

    Qasim Hashimi

    Incident geolocation

    • Province:

      Kabul: Kabul

    • Latitude:

      34.5168788437339

    • Longitude:

      69.1499999975304

    Witness/Survivor Statement

    No statement