Gulsom Rahimi

is a victim/survivor of a/an

  • Vehicle-borne Attack
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Additional information

  • Date of birth:

    2004

  • Village/Town of birth:

    • Province of birth:

    • Gender:

      Female

    • Ethnicity:

      Hazara

    • Education:

      Class twelve

    • Date of the main incident:

      8 May 2021

    • Place of the main incident:

      Kabul City, District 13, Sayyed-o shohada High school

    Incident description

    On May 8, 2021, a devastating suicide bombing took place at Sayed Al-Shuhada High School in Dasht-e-Barchi, a predominantly Hazara area in the western outskirts of Kabul. The attack resulted in the tragic loss of approximately 85 lives, most of whom were teenage schoolgirls. Additionally, the incident left 147 people wounded.

    Alleged type of harm

    • Psychological costs: Faces traumas and anxiety
    • Psychological costs: Have been otherwise mentally, emotionally and psychologically harmed and affected
    • Human costs: Injured
    • Human costs: Killed

    Alleged type of crimes

    • 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

    Gulsom Rahimi

    Incident geolocation

    • Province:

      Kabul: Kabul

    • Latitude:

      34.5168788437339

    • Longitude:

      69.1499999975304

    Witness/Survivor Statement

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