Market Magnetic Mine Explosion - Helmand (2015)

Incident
Date
Apr 5, 2015
Year of incident
2015
Province of incident
Helmand: Gerishk (Nahr-e Saraj)
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 31.8298756320407

Longitude: 64.5684097224816

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Gerishk (Nahr-e Saraj)
Town/Village
Gerishk (Nahr-e-Saraj) District, Helmand Province
Types of incident
  • Explosion
  • Murder
  • Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • Local Militia
  • 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 : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
  • Other Crimes : Use of mines against civilians
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

Date: April 5, 2015

Location: Gerishk (Nahr-e-Saraj) District, Helmand Province

Victims:

One child killed

Two civilians injured

Perpetrators: Unknown

Incident Type: Magnetic mine explosion

Narrative:

On April 5, 2015, a magnetic mine attached to a car exploded in front of the money exchange market in Gerishk (Nahr-e-Saraj) District, Helmand Province. The explosion resulted in the death of one child and injuries to two civilians. The perpetrator of the attack remains unknown.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

No of victims involved
2