Triple Bombing at Funeral Service Kills Seven Civilians in Kabul (2017)

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Date
۱۳ خرداد ۱۳۹۶
Year of Incident
2017
Province of incident
Kabul: Kabul City
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.5168788437339

Longitude: 69.1499999975304

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Kabul
Town Village
Kabul province
Types of Incident
  • Bombing
  • Complex attack
  • Explosion
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • 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: Killing
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On June 3, 2017, three bombs detonated during a funeral service in Kabul province, killing more than seven civilians and injuring dozens of others. This attack deliberately targeted mourners gathered for a funeral, representing a particularly heinous assault on civilian populations during a time of grief and religious observance.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

New York Times

No of victims involved
7