Children Killed Playing with Unexploded Mortar Shell - Baghlan (2019)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۸ تله ۱
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Baghlan بغلان: Nahrin
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 36.0667833434471

Longitude: 69.1064066447283

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Nahrin
Town Village
Sayyadi village, Nahrin, Baghlan Province
Types of Incident
  • Explosive Remnant of War (ERW)
  • Unexploded Ordnance (UXO)
  • Explosion
Conflict Parties
  • Unknown
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

A group of children were playing with a mortar shell in Sayyadi village in Nahrin District when it exploded, killing an 8-year-old child and a mother, and wounding an additional seven children. The incident occurred when minors encountered and handled the unexploded ordnance, which detonated during their interaction with it.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
9