Children and Civilians Wounded in Suicide Attack - Nangarhār 2019

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۸ غبرگولی ۲۳
Year of Incident
2019
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Jalalabad
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 34.4552967856833

Longitude: 70.4518092111804

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Jalalabad
Town Village
Sixth Police District, Jalalabad, Nangarhār Province
Types of Incident
  • Explosion
  • Suicide 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 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
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

A suicide attacker on foot targeted a police vehicle in the Sixth Police District of Jalalabad City. Twelve people were wounded in the attack, including three children, three police officers, and six additional civilians. The suicide bomber approached the target area on foot before detonating the explosive device.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT

No of victims involved
9