Doctor Killed in Health Facility Bombing - Helmand 2019
Incident- Date
- Jul 9, 2019
- Year of incident
- 2019
- Province of incident
- Helmand: Lashkargah
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 31.6109352297402
Longitude: 64.406487844484
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Lashkargah
- Town/Village
- Lashkargah, 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 : Attacking humanitarian personnel and object
- 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
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
A bomb placed in a private health facility exploded in Lashkargah, killing one civilian doctor and wounding two other civilians. The improvised explosive device was concealed within the medical facility and detonated, targeting healthcare infrastructure and personnel. No group claimed responsibility for the explosion.
- Source_1
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 3
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