Law Students Killed in Suicide Bombing at University - Kabul 2019

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Date
۲۸ تیر ۱۳۹۸
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Kabul: Kabul City
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.5168788437339

Longitude: 69.1499999975304

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Kabul
Town Village
Kabul City, Kabul
Types of Incident
  • Explosion
  • Suicide attack
  • Targeted Killing
  • Vehicle-borne 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
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
  • 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
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

As law students waited outside Kabul University to take fourth-year exams, a suicide bomber drove up and detonated an explosive device, killing 10 people and wounding 33 others. The attack specifically targeted students who were preparing to enter the university for their examinations, causing significant casualties among the academic community.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
43