Boy Killed by Explosive Remnant of War Grenade - Herat (2015)

Incident
Date
Dec 1, 2015
Year of incident
2015
Province of incident
Herat: Shindand
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 33.3076937798311

Longitude: 62.1365497076623

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Shindand
Town/Village
Shindand District, Herat Province
Types of incident
  • Explosive Remnant of War (ERW)
  • Hand Grenade
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Other
  • 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

On 1 December 2015, in Shindand District, Herat Province, a few children found an explosive remnant of war grenade. When it dropped and detonated, one boy died and two others were injured.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA

No of victims involved
3