A bomb placed on a motorcycle went off killing three people and wounding 20 others, including Rahmuddin Sarwarzai, the district governor of Aobe

Document
Date
۲۸ اردیبهشت ۱۳۹۸
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Herat: Obe
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.3711379793196

Longitude: 63.1976078112597

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Obe
Types of Incident
  • Remote-controlled IED (RC-IED)
Conflict Parties
  • Unknown
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Crime against humanity: Murder
  • War crime: Wilful killing
Summary

A bomb placed on a motorcycle went off in a market in Aobe District, killing three people and wounding 20 others, including Rahmuddin Sarwarzai, the district governor of Aobe. Children were also among those killed and wounded.

Sources

Afghan War Casualty Report: May 17-23, Fahim Abed, New York Times, available at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/magazine/afghan-war-casualty-report.html