Madina Lali

is a victim/survivor of a/an

  • Suicide Attack
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Additional information

  • Date of birth:

    2001

  • Village/Town of birth:

    Kabul City

  • Province of birth:

    Ghor: Lal Wa Sarjangal

  • Gender:

    Female

  • Ethnicity:

    Hazara

  • Education:

    Class twelve

  • Date of the main incident:

    August 15, 2018

  • Place of the main incident:

    Kabul City, District 13, Kors Mawod

Incident description

A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device inside a classroom at Mawoud Educational Academy, where over 240 students were preparing for a university entrance exam. The attack took place at approximately 4:00 pm on August 15, 2018, in the Naqash section of the Hazara-majority Dasht-e-Barchi Neighborhood, PD-18, in western Kabul. At least 50 students were killed, and 67 others were injured; some of them sustained critical injuries. The majority of casualties were high school students under the age of 20 belonging to the Hazara ethnic group. The Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISIL-KP) asserted responsibility for the attack on Hazaras.

Source

Source Of image: Haj Habib Haqtash

Alleged type of harm

  • Psychological costs: Experienced scenes of clashes and violence
  • Psychological costs: Faces traumas and anxiety
  • Psychological costs: Have been otherwise mentally, emotionally and psychologically harmed and affected
  • Psychological costs: Seen people killed and injured or tortured
  • Human costs: Injured
  • Human costs: Killed

Alleged type of crimes

  • War crime: Attacking civilians
  • War crime: Murder
  • War crime: Wilful killing

Madina Lali

Incident geolocation

  • Province:

    Kabul: Kabul

  • Latitude:

    34.5168788437339

  • Longitude:

    69.1499999975304

Witness/Survivor Statement

No statement