Suicide Attack Near Stadium Kills Four People in Lashkargah, Helmand (2018)

Incident
Date
Mar 3, 2018
Year of incident
2018
Province of incident
Helmand: Lashkargah
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 31.6109352297402

Longitude: 64.406487844484

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Lashkargah
Town/Village
Near Ghazi Ayub Khan Stadium, Lashkargah, Helmand province
Types of incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Suicide Attack
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 civilians
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Killing
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On March 3, 2018, a suicide bomber struck near the Ghazi Ayub Khan Stadium in Lashkargah as people were leaving, killing four people and injuring six others. According to Omar Zwak, spokesman for Helmand's governor, the attack targeted civilians in a public area during a time when crowds were dispersing from the stadium.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

BBC

No of victims involved
10