Civilians Killed in Roadside Bomb Blast - Helmand (2020)

Document
Date
۸ تیر ۱۳۹۹
Year of Incident
2020
Province of incident
Helmand: Washir
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 32.2515180182285

Longitude: 63.8615180123223

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Washir
Town Village
Washir District, Helmand Province
Types of Incident
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Roadside bomb
Conflict Parties
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • Other
  • 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
  • Unknown: Use of mines against civilians
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On 28 June 2020, a roadside bomb killed at least six Afghan civilians and wounded two others in Washir District, Helmand Province. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but the provincial police spokesman blamed the Taliban.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

RFE

No of victims involved
8