IED Blast Kills Civilian - Herat 2019

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۷ کب ۲۸
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
Ninth Police District, Herat City, Herat Province
Types of Incident
  • Bombing
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
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 civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

An improvised explosive device exploded in the Ninth Police District of Herat City, killing one person and injuring six others. The bomb detonated among civilians, causing multiple casualties in the urban area. The perpetrators of the attack remain unidentified.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
7