Suicide Attack Targeted Demonstration - Khost (2015)

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Date
Apr 4, 2015
Year of Incident
2015
Province of incident
Khost: Khost (Matun)
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 33.364907751047

Longitude: 69.942398071289

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Khost (Matun)
Town Village
Khost City, Khost Province
Types of Incident
  • Assassination
  • Explosion
  • Suicide attack
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • Local Militia
  • Other
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militant
  • Unknown
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilian objects
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
  • Unknown: Use of mines against civilians
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

Date: April 4, 2015

Location: Khost City, Khost Province, Afghanistan

Victims: Seventeen civilians killed

Forty civilians injured (including Member of Parliament Humayon Humayon)

Perpetrators: Unknown

Incident Type: Suicide attack

Narrative:

On April 4, 2015, a suicide attack targeted a demonstration against the governor of Khost Province. The attack resulted in the deaths of seventeen civilians and injured forty others, including Humayon Humayon, a former Member of Parliament. The perpetrators of the attack remain unknown.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

No of victims involved
57