Motorcycle Bomb Kills Civilians in Provincial Capital - Herat (2019)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۸ زمری ۱۵
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Herat: Herat City
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.3494235694824

Longitude: 62.1891939162627

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Hirat
Town Village
Haji Abbas area, Herat City, Herat Province
Types of Incident
  • Bombing
  • 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)
  • Other
  • 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

Five civilians were killed and 29 others were wounded when a motorcycle laden with explosives exploded in the Haji Abbas area of Herat City, the provincial capital. The vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated in the urban area, causing significant casualties among the civilian population.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
34