Civilians Killed in Roadside Bombing - Helmand 2019

Incident
Date
Jun 27, 2019
Year of incident
2019
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, Helmand Province
Types of incident
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Roadside Bomb
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 civilian vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Gerishk district, killing two civilians and wounding four others. The improvised explosive device detonated upon contact with the vehicle, causing multiple casualties among the passengers.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
6