Market Magnetic Mine Explosion - Helmand (2015)

Document
Date
۵ آوریل ۲۰۱۵
Year of Incident
2015
Province of incident
Helmand: Gerishk
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 31.8298756320407

Longitude: 64.5684097224816

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Gerishk
Town Village
Gerishk (Nahr-e-Saraj) District, Helmand Province
Types of Incident
  • Explosion
  • Murder
  • Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • Local Militia
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militant
  • Unknown
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
  • Unknown: Use of mines against civilians
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

Date: April 5, 2015

Location: Gerishk (Nahr-e-Saraj) District, Helmand Province

Victims:

One child killed

Two civilians injured

Perpetrators: Unknown

Incident Type: Magnetic mine explosion

Narrative:

On April 5, 2015, a magnetic mine attached to a car exploded in front of the money exchange market in Gerishk (Nahr-e-Saraj) District, Helmand Province. The explosion resulted in the death of one child and injuries to two civilians. The perpetrator of the attack remains unknown.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

No of victims involved
2