A mine placed in the heater of a mosque killed one civilian

Incident
Date
Feb 9, 2019
Year of incident
2019
Province of incident
Maidan Wardak: Saydabad
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 34.1189827692461

Longitude: 68.804605173773

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Saydabad
Types of incident
  • Anti-Personnel Mine
Conflict parties
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • War crime: Wilful killing
Summary of incident

A mine placed in the heater of a mosque went off before evening prayer. One civilian was killed and either others were wounded. Some suspect that the mine was placed by strangers who stayed in the mosque the night before.

Source_1

Afghan War Casualty Report: Feb. 8-14, Fahim Abed, New York Times, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report.html