Incident Date:
July 22, 2006 17:45
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Kandahar 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: Yes
Target Information
1- Military(Military Units/Patrols/Convoys)
2- Journalists & Media(Newspaper Journalists/Staff/Facilities)
3- Private Citizens & Property(Unnamed Civilians/Unspecified)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim: Yes
Canadian Perpetrator: No
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 12 fatalities, 43 injuries
Perpetrators: 1 involved, 1 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "07/22/2006: A suicide bomber drove his car into a Canadian military patrol vehicle and detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, at about 5:45 pm, in Kandahar, Kandahar, Afghanistan. The attack killed two Canadian soldiers and wounded ten Afghan civilians and eight soldiers. Approximately 30 minutes later, after a crowd had gathered on the site, a suicide bomber in the crowd detonated explosives he had attached to himself, killing nine civilians, and one photojournalist, and wounding 25 others. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack."
References: 1) Janes DB
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