Attack in Kabul on May 8, 2021

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The attack in Kabul on May 8, 2021 was an explosives attack on a school in the Dascht-i Bartschi district of Kabul , the capital of Afghanistan .

background

The Dascht-i Bartschi district is mostly inhabited by Shiite Hazara , and the district is regularly hit by IS attacks. In 2018, 34 people died in a bomb attack on a wrestling club; in May 2020, terrorists raided a hospital maternity ward and murdered 24 people, including mothers with their newborns. An attack on a teaching center in October 2020 left 24 dead and 70 injured. ISIS regards the Shiite Hazara as heretics. Hazara are also persecuted by the Taliban who speak out against their education, especially for girls.

attack

A car bomb exploded in front of the entrance to the Sjed Al-Shahda school . When many students left the school building in panic, two more explosive devices detonated. Since boys and girls are taught in separate shifts in the school, there were only female students in the building at the time of the attack. One of the injured students reported leaving the school building at the time of the first explosion. Ten minutes later another bomb and about a minute later a third explosive device exploded. The students were disoriented and screamed that there were rubble and personal belongings in the courtyard.

Victim

The number of victims was initially given as 58 deaths, one day later ten victims died in hospital, so that the number of fatalities rose to 68. 165 other people were wounded. The majority of the victims were school girls between the ages of 11 and 15.

Consequences and reactions

Memory of the victims in front of the Afghan embassy in Iran

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani blamed the Taliban for the rising violence in the country. Zabiullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban, condemned the act of terrorism and accused the Islamic State of being responsible for the attack. He also accused Afghanistan's secret service of complicity with IS.

Relatives of the victims accused the government of failing to protect the population, saying that the state only acted after the attack and not before. According to eyewitnesses, it took at least an hour for the police, rescue and secret services to reach the scene, and the angry crowd then attacked ambulances and police vehicles. Many of the residents blamed the president for the attack and chanted against the government and security forces.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kabul attack: Families bury school children of blast that killed dozens. In: British Broadcasting Corporation . May 9, 2021, accessed May 10, 2021 .
  2. ↑ Death toll soars to 50 in school bombing in Afghan capital. In: ABC News . May 9, 2021, accessed May 10, 2021 .
  3. ↑ 'Why Do We Deserve to Die?' Kabul's Hazaras Bury Their Daughters. In: The New York Times . May 9, 2021, accessed May 10, 2021 .
  4. ↑ a b At least 68 killed in Afghan school blast, families bury victims. In: Reuters . May 9, 2021, accessed May 10, 2021 .
  5. ^ Blasts targeting Afghan school in Kabul kill 40, injures dozens. In: National Post . May 8, 2021, accessed May 10, 2021 .
  6. ↑ Rahim Faiez: Death toll soars to 50 in bombing near girls' school in Afghanistan. In: KTTV . May 9, 2021, accessed May 10, 2021 .
  7. ^ Bomb kills at least 30 near girls' school in Afghan capital. In: Associated Press . May 8, 2021, accessed May 10, 2021 .
  8. ^ Bomb kills at least 30 near girls' school in Afghan capital. In: NBC News . May 8, 2021, accessed May 10, 2021 .
  9. ↑ At least 30 dead in the attack in Kabul. In: tagesschau.de . May 8, 2021, accessed May 10, 2021 .
  10. ↑ Grief and anger after deadly blasts target Afghan school. In: Al Jazeera . May 9, 2021, accessed May 10, 2021 .

Coordinates: 34 ° 30 ′ 11 ″  N , 69 ° 2 ′ 6 ″  E