Car Bomb Kills Civilians and Injures Over 100 Children - Ghazni 2019

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Date
۱۶ تیر 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
Town Village
Ghazni City, Ghazni Province
Types of Incident
  • Explosion
  • Targeted Killing
  • Vehicle-borne Attack
  • 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
  • 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: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

A car bomb detonated in Ghazni City, killing 12 people and wounding 197 others. Most of those wounded were civilians, including more than a hundred children. The vehicle-borne improvised explosive device caused massive casualties in the provincial capital, with children comprising a significant portion of the wounded. Officials did not provide a detailed breakdown of the casualties.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
209