IED Blast Kills Civilian - Herat 2019

Incident
Date
Mar 19, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Herat: Herat City
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.3494235694824

Longitude: 62.1891939162627

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Herat City
Town/Village
Ninth Police District, Herat City, Herat Province
Types of incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
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 civilians
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

An improvised explosive device exploded in the Ninth Police District of Herat City, killing one person and injuring six others. The bomb detonated among civilians, causing multiple casualties in the urban area. The perpetrators of the attack remain unidentified.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
7