Child and Civilians Killed in Market Motorcycle Bombing - Kandahār (2019)
Incident- Date
- Jul 30, 2019
- Year of incident
- 2019
- Province of incident
- Kandahar: Spin Boldak
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 30.9993468423032
Longitude: 66.4173524529208
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Spin Boldak
- Town/Village
- Spin Boldak, Kandahār Province
- Types of incident
- Bombing
- Explosion
- 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)
- 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
A motorcycle packed with explosives was parked in a crowded bazaar in Spin Boldak District when it detonated, killing three civilians including a child and wounding 20 others. The vehicle-borne improvised explosive device was positioned in the civilian market area, causing significant casualties among shoppers and vendors.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 23
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