2015 Jalalabad suicide bombing

2015 Jalalabad suicide bombing
2015 Jalalabad suicide bombing
	Location of Nangarhar Province in Afghanistan
Location	Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
Date	18 April 2015
Target	Bank
Attack type	Motorcycle suicide bombing
Deaths	33
Injured	100
Perpetrators	ISIL – Khorasan Province

The 2015 Jalalabad suicide bombing occurred on 18 April 2015. A suicide bomber on a motorcycle, allegedly affiliated with ISIL's Khorasan Province, struck a bank in the city of Jalalabad in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, killing at least 33 people and injuring another 100. It marked the first major attack by ISIL Khorasan after it was formed three months earlier, in January 2015.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References[]

^ Masoud Popalzai and Saleem Mehsud, CNN (18 April 2015). "ISIS motorbike bomber kills 33 at bank in Afghanistan - CNN.com". CNN.
^ "Afghan blast kills 33; president blames Islamic State". Reuters.
^ "Afghanistan suicide bomb in Jalalabad leaves many dead". BBC News.

[1] Masoud Popalzai and Saleem Mehsud, CNN (18 April 2015). "ISIS motorbike bomber kills 33 at bank in Afghanistan - CNN.com". CNN.

[2] "Afghan blast kills 33; president blames Islamic State". Reuters.

[3] "Afghanistan suicide bomb in Jalalabad leaves many dead". BBC News.

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