Premature Suicide Bomber Detonation Kills Two Civilians in Aino Mena City, Kandahar (2018)

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Date
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Year of Incident
2018
Province of incident
Kandahar: Kandahar City
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 31.6311552979186

Longitude: 65.7419292332302

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Kandahar
Town Village
Aino Mena City, Kandahar province
Types of Incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Suicide attack
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 crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Killing
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On December 25, 2018, a suicide attacker prematurely detonated his explosives while being pursued by security forces in Aino Mena City, killing two civilians and wounding three others. This incident occurred when the bomber triggered his device during a chase, causing civilian casualties in the area.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
5