Returning Displaced Families IED Deaths - Helmand (2015)

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Date
۳۰ خرداد ۱۳۹۴
Year of Incident
2015
Province of incident
Helmand: Marjah
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 31.6673540035581

Longitude: 64.2602323537188

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Nad Ali
Town Village
Marjah District, Helmand Province
Types of Incident
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
  • Roadside bomb
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • Local Militia
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
  • Unknown: Use of mines against civilians
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On June 20, 2015, a tractor carrying three families struck a pressure-plated Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Marjah District of Helmand Province. The families were returning to their village after having fled due to ground engagement between Afghan Security Forces and Anti-Government Elements. The explosion killed sixteen civilians, including eleven women and three children, and injured seven others.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA: Reports on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, 2015 Midyear Report, pg. 18

No of victims involved
23