Teenage Boy Injured by IED While Returning to Abandoned Home - Helmand (2015)

Document
Date
۷ آبان ۱۳۹۴
Year of Incident
2015
Province of incident
Helmand: Musa Qala
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 32.3644433137498

Longitude: 64.781184099051

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Musa Qala
Town Village
Musa Qala District, Helmand Province
Types of Incident
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Roadside bomb
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)
  • 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: Employing prohibited weapons, projectiles, materials or methods of warfare
  • Unknown: Use of mines against civilians
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On 29 October 2015, in Musa Qala District, Helmand Province, a 15-year-old boy was injured by a pressure plate IED when his family visited the home in their village from which they had fled to gather some clothing and food to take to their temporary shelter. While exiting the house pushing a handcart, the IED detonated and injured him.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

UNAMA

No of victims involved
1