Civilians Including Children Killed in Taliban Roadside Bomb Attack - Helmand (2020)
Incident- Date
- Apr 1, 2020
- Year of incident
- 2020
- 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
- Yakhchal area, Gerishk District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
- Types of incident
- Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
- Roadside Bomb
- Conflict parties
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- 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 : Employing prohibited weapons, projectiles, materials or methods of warfare
- Other Crimes : Killing
- Other Crimes : Murder
- Other Crimes : Use of mines against civilians
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
On 1 April 2020, a minibus struck a roadside bomb planted by the Taliban in the Yakhchal area of Gerishk District, Helmand Province. The explosion killed eight civilians, including six children, and wounded two others.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 10
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