Magnetic Bomb on Military Vehicle Kills One Civilian in Gerishk, Helmand (2019)

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Date
۷ بهمن ۱۳۹۷
Year of Incident
2019
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 center, Helmand province
Types of Incident
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Targeted Killing
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: Killing
  • Unknown: Use of mines against civilians
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On January 27, 2019, a magnetic bomb attached to a military vehicle exploded in the center of Gerishk (Nahr-e Saraj) district, killing one civilian and wounding four civilians and four soldiers. This attack targeted Afghan military personnel but resulted in civilian casualties in the district center where civilians were present.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
5