July 2018 Jalalabad suicide bombing

July 2018 Jalalabad suicide bombing
Jalalabad Jalalabad (Afghanistan)
Location	Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
Date	1 July 2018
Attack type	Suicide bombing
Deaths	20
Injured	20
Perpetrators	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province

On 1 July 2018, a suicide bomber detonated in the center of the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, killing 20 people, mainly Sikhs and Hindus, and injuring 20 others.^[1]

Responsibility

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it targeted Afghan Special Forces.^[2] In a further statement they said that 60 Afghan soldiers and "polytheists" were killed and wounded in an operation in the city of Jalalabad.^[3]

See also

• List of terrorist incidents linked to Islamic State – Khorasan Province

References