Roadside Bomb Kills Civilian and Police Officer - Nangarhār 2019

Document
Date
۱۹ فروردین ۱۳۹۸
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Jalalabad
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.4552967856833

Longitude: 70.4518092111804

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Jalalabad
Town Village
Third Police District, Jalalabad City, Nangarhār Province
Types of Incident
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Roadside bomb
  • Targeted Killing
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
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: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
  • Unknown: Use of mines against civilians
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

A police vehicle struck a roadside bomb in the Third Police District of Jalalabad City, killing one police officer and one civilian, and wounding five additional civilians. The explosion destroyed both the police vehicle and a nearby minibus. The improvised explosive device detonated when the police patrol made contact with it, causing casualties among both security personnel and civilians in the vicinity.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
6