Civilians Including Children Killed in Taliban Roadside Bomb Attack - Helmand (2020)
Document- Date
- ۱۳ فروردین ۱۳۹۹
- Year of Incident
- 2020
- Province of incident
- Helmand: Gerishk
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 31.8298756320407
Longitude: 64.5684097224816
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Gerishk
- Town Village
- Yakhchal area, Gerishk District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
- Types of Incident
- Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
- Roadside bomb
- Conflict Parties
- Haqqani Network (HN)
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- 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 1 April 2020, a minibus struck a roadside bomb planted by the Taliban in the Yakhchal area of Gerishk District, Helmand Province. The explosion killed eight civilians, including six children, and wounded two others.
- Sources
AHRDO Incident Report
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 10
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