Roadside Bomb Kills Civilian and Police Officer - Nangarhār 2019

Incident
Date
Apr 8, 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
Third Police District, Jalalabad City, Nangarhār Province
Types of incident
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Roadside Bomb
  • 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)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged types of crimes
  • 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

A police vehicle struck a roadside bomb in the Third Police District of Jalalabad City, killing one police officer and one civilian, and wounding five additional civilians. The explosion destroyed both the police vehicle and a nearby minibus. The improvised explosive device detonated when the police patrol made contact with it, causing casualties among both security personnel and civilians in the vicinity.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
6