Suicide Attack Targeted Demonstration - Khost (2015)

Incident
Date
Apr 4, 2015
Year of incident
2015
Province of incident
Khost: Khost Matun
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.364907751047

Longitude: 69.942398071289

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Khost (Matun)
Town/Village
Khost City, Khost Province
Types of incident
  • Assassination
  • Explosion
  • Suicide Attack
  • 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 : Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • 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 4, 2015

Location: Khost City, Khost Province, Afghanistan

Victims: Seventeen civilians killed

Forty civilians injured (including Member of Parliament Humayon Humayon)

Perpetrators: Unknown

Incident Type: Suicide attack

Narrative:

On April 4, 2015, a suicide attack targeted a demonstration against the governor of Khost Province. The attack resulted in the deaths of seventeen civilians and injured forty others, including Humayon Humayon, a former Member of Parliament. The perpetrators of the attack remain unknown.

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AHRDO Incident Report

No of victims involved
57