3.6. SCENARIO EXAMPLES
3.6.1. SCENARIO 1 – TIME IED TARGETING A HOSPITAL
Image 62. Hospital containing IED contamination
SURVEY INFORMATION
The community reported to MA community liaison officers that a hospital contained a suspected IED. An MA organisation was then tasked and a survey team visited the hospital to gather information. The MA staff conducted a number of interviews, including with the hospital’s lead caretaker who showed them images on his mobile phone of an IED located adjacent to a critical pillar inside a main hospital building. It was reported that the caretaker’s staff had entered the hospital through all primary entrance points and had walked within all the interior rooms. They have even started to refurbish part of the building but are extremely worried about the suspicious object which they have avoided and not touched. The community want to have the hospital providing critical care which is much needed in the current post- conflict environment.
Structural pillar
Failed time IED
Image 63. Failed time IED placed to destroy critical infrastructure (hospital)
The intent of the armed group that placed this IED was to destroy critical infrastructure prior to their withdrawal. Their aim was to degrade the ability of the government to provide key services to the community, such as healthcare. This in turn would degrade the community’s confidence in the government and encourage discontent, promoting conditions for armed conflict to return in the future.
Technical IED capabilities
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