Law Students Killed in Suicide Bombing at University - Kabul 2019

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

Latitude: 34.5168788437339

Longitude: 69.1499999975304

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Kabul
Town/Village
Kabul City, Kabul
Types of incident
  • Explosion
  • Suicide Attack
  • Targeted Killing
  • Vehicle-borne Suicide 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)
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
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
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

As law students waited outside Kabul University to take fourth-year exams, a suicide bomber drove up and detonated an explosive device, killing 10 people and wounding 33 others. The attack specifically targeted students who were preparing to enter the university for their examinations, causing significant casualties among the academic community.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
43