Incident Date:
September 18, 2006 09:00
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Zheray Afghanistan
Perpetrators: Taliban
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Vehicle)
Organization Type: Religious,
Suicide Attack: Yes
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Military(Soldiers/Troops/Officers/Forces)
2- Private Citizens & Property(Students)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim: Yes
Canadian Perpetrator: No
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 4 fatalities, 34 injuries
Perpetrators: 1 involved, 1 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "09/18/2006: A suicide bomber detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in a crowd of school children, as members of the International Security Assistance Force were handing out school supplies in Zheray, Kandahar, Afghanistan. The explosion killed four Canadian soldiers and wounded ten others and 24 Afghan children. The Taliban claimed responsibility. "
References: 1) Janes DB
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