Market Bombing Kills Civilians and Children - Herat 2019

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

Latitude: 34.3711379793196

Longitude: 63.1976078112597

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Obe
Town Village
Obe, Herat Province
Types of Incident
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Targeted Killing
  • Vehicle-borne Attack
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 civilian objects
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
  • Unknown: Use of mines against civilians
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

A bomb placed on a motorcycle exploded in a market in Obe District, killing three people and wounding 20 others. Among the wounded was Rahmuddin Sarwarzai, the district governor of Aobe. Children were among both those killed and wounded in the marketplace bombing. The improvised explosive device detonated in a crowded civilian area, causing multiple casualties. The perpetrators of the attack remain unidentified.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
23