Civilians Killed in Roadside Bombing - Helmand 2019

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۸ چنگاښ ۶
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Helmand: Gerishk
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 31.8298756320407

Longitude: 64.5684097224816

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Gerishk
Town Village
Gerishk, Helmand Province
Types of Incident
  • Explosion
  • Improvised Explosive Device (IED)
  • Roadside bomb
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: Employing prohibited weapons, projectiles, materials or methods of warfare
  • Unknown: Killing
  • Unknown: Murder
  • Unknown: Use of mines against civilians
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

A civilian vehicle struck a roadside bomb in Gerishk district, killing two civilians and wounding four others. The improvised explosive device detonated upon contact with the vehicle, causing multiple casualties among the passengers.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
6