Explosion in Imam Zaman Mosque-Dasht Barchi (2017)

Incident
Date
Oct 20, 2017
Year of incident
2017
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.5168788437339

Longitude: 69.1499999975304

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Kabul
Town/Village
Kabul city, Dasht Barchi
Types of incident
  • Suicide Attack
Conflict parties
  • ISIL-KP
  • Taliban
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Attacking civilian objects
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
  • War crime: Murder
  • Act of genocide: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Act of genocide: Deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about physical destruction
  • Act of genocide: Forcibly transferring children
  • Act of genocide: Imposing measures intended to prevent births
  • Act of genocide: Killing
Summary of incident

A suicide attack on october 20, 2017, took place in the Imam Zaman Mosque located in Dasht Barchi, which is the Hazara area of Kabul, when people were there for prayers. As a result of this terrorist attack, 56 people were killed and 55 others were injured.

Source_1

Reuters

Source_2

Human Rights Watch