2015 Spanish Embassy attack in Kabul

2015 Spanish Embassy attack in Kabul
2015 Spanish Embassy attack in Kabul (Kabul)
Location Shir Pur, Kabul, Afghanistan
Date December 11, 2015 (2015-12-11)
Attack type
Suicide bombing, Raid
Deaths 9 (including 3 perpetrators)
Non-fatal injuries
7
Perpetrators Taliban

On December 11, 2015, Taliban militants detonated a car bomb and stormed a guesthouse near the Spanish embassy in the Shirpour district of Kabulhome to many foreign embassies and high-ranking government officials. Nine people died in the attack, including four Afghans, two Spanish guards and three Taliban fighters. Security forces, including Norwegian special forces [1] took more than ten hours to bring the area back under control.[2][3][4][5]

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.[6][7]

In Oktober 2016, a member of the Norwegian Marinejegerkommandoen was awarded a medal for saving lives of Spanish diplomats during the incident. The soldier was shot 3 times during the incident in Afghanistan. The medal was handed out at the Spanish embassy in Oslo, Norway by the Spanish ambassador to Norway. [8]

Victims

Deaths by nationality
Country Number
 Afghanistan 4
 Spain 2
Total 6

See also

References

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