Sticky Bomb Attack on Bati Kot District Chief's Vehicle in Nangarhar (2016)

Incident
Date
Nov 5, 2016
Year of incident
2016
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Bati Kot
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 36.8672498001557

Longitude: 66.2001287090534

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Bati Kot
Town/Village
Bati Kot, Nangarhar province
Types of incident
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Targeted Killing
  • Vehicle-borne Attack
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Other Crimes : Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Other Crimes : Killing
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

On November 5, 2016, a sticky bomb attached to the vehicle of Ghalib Mujahid, chief of Bati Kot district, detonated in Nangarhar province. The explosion killed Mujahid's driver and wounded the district chief and another person. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the targeted attack against the local government official.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

FOX NEWS

No of victims involved
3