A child was killed and two civilians were wounded when the police fired into the air

Document
Date
۲۴ فروردین ۱۳۹۸
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Ghazni: Ghazni City
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 33.553649501162

Longitude: 68.4306428259085

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Ghazni City
Types of Incident
  • Small arms Fires
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan Local Police (ALP)
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
Summary

A child was killed and two civilians were wounded when police at the entrance of Ghazni City fired into the air as a wedding convoy entered the city, hitting one of the convoy vehicles. The officer who opened fire was arrested and will be prosecuted.

Sources

Afghan War Casualty Report: April 12-18, Fahim Abed, New York Times, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/18/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report.html.