Mosque Explosion Kills Four and Wounds Dozens in Rodat, Nangarhar (2016)

Incident
Date
Jun 10, 2016
Year of incident
2016
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Rodat
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.4902007239537

Longitude: 70.5536950425598

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Rodat
Town/Village
Hisara village, Rodat district, Nangarhar province
Types of incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Targeted Killing
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 civilian objects
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Other Crimes : Killing
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On June 10, 2016, an explosion occurred in a mosque in Hisara village of Rodat district, killing at least four people and wounding nearly 40 others. No group claimed responsibility for the attack on the religious site.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

Gandhara RFE

No of victims involved
44