Herat minivan bombing | |
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Location | Herat, Afghanistan |
Date | 22 January 2022 |
Target | Civilians on a public transport minivan |
Attack type | Bombing |
Weapons | Bomb attached to the vehicle's fuel tank |
Deaths | 7 |
Injured | 9 |
Perpetrators | Unknown |
On 22 January 2022, a bomb exploded on a crowded public transport minivan in Herat, Afghanistan. It killed at least 7 civilians [lower-alpha 1] and injured 9 others. [2] [3] [4] [5]
The bomb was attached to the vehicle's fuel tank. [6] No group claimed responsibility for the attack, which the Taliban said they will investigate. [7]
Three of the wounded were critically injured. [8] The bus was located in a Shia-majority neighbourhood. [9]
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