Magnetic Bomb on Military Vehicle Kills One Civilian in Gerishk, Helmand (2019)
Incident- Date
- Jan 27, 2019
- Year of incident
- 2019
- Province of incident
- Helmand: Gerishk (Nahr-e Saraj)
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 31.8298756320407
Longitude: 64.5684097224816
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Gerishk (Nahr-e Saraj)
- Town/Village
- Gerishk (Nahr-e Saraj) district center, Helmand province
- Types of incident
- Explosion
- Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
- Targeted Killing
- 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
- Other Crimes : Use of mines against civilians
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On January 27, 2019, a magnetic bomb attached to a military vehicle exploded in the center of Gerishk (Nahr-e Saraj) district, killing one civilian and wounding four civilians and four soldiers. This attack targeted Afghan military personnel but resulted in civilian casualties in the district center where civilians were present.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 5
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