{"id":29453,"date":"2019-02-26T20:15:58","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T20:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/02\/26\/he-confronted-a-suicide-bomber-just-before-an-attack-now-hes-suing-the-insurgents-boss\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:45:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:45:21","slug":"he-confronted-a-suicide-bomber-just-before-an-attack-now-hes-suing-the-insurgents-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2019\/02\/26\/he-confronted-a-suicide-bomber-just-before-an-attack-now-hes-suing-the-insurgents-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"He confronted a suicide bomber just before an attack. Now he\u2019s suing the insurgent\u2019s boss."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In November 2016, an Afghan civilian employee on Bagram Airfield strapped on a suicide vest<\/a> and made his way toward about 200 personnel gathering for a Veterans Day fun run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, one of the soldiers injured in the attack<\/a> is suing<\/a> Fluor Corporation, the contractor who hired Ahmad Nayeb to work in Bagram\u2019s non-tactical vehicle yard, according to a complaint filed Wednesday in a South Carolina federal court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Army investigation released in late 2017 found that Fluor knew Nayeb had been affiliated with the Taliban in the past, and did not supervise his activities on the base or take action against his substandard job performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Runners take off at the start of a 5k run to celebrate the Army Reserve’s 105th birthday at Bagram Air Field, April 25, 2013. Lt. Gen. Jeffery Talley, chief, Army Reserve and commanding general, United States Army Reserve Command, Chief Warrant Officer 5 Phyllis Wilson, command chief warrant officer, Army Reserve, and Command Sgt. Maj. James Lambert, interim command sergeant major, Army Reserve, visited Bagram Air Field to help fellow Reservists celebrate the day. The Reserve, which was founded April 23, 1908, as a reserve corps of medical personnel, now includes 148 different military occupation specialties and accounts for 20 percent of the Army’s total force. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Mark VanGerpen, 129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment) (Photo Credit: Spc. Mark VanGerpen, 129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The attack killed three soldiers and two Fluor employees, in addition to injuring 17 \u2015 including Spc. Winston Hencely, now 22, the plaintiff in the lawsuit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the lawsuit, Hencely thought it was odd when he saw Nayed heading toward the 5k gathering point, and when the insurgent ignored the soldier\u2019s questions, Hencely grabbed him by the shoulder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He could feel the vest under Nayeb\u2019s clothing, the filing says. Then the bomb went off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe projectiles that penetrated Hencely\u2019s brain and chest were the property of Fluor \u2014 pieces of nuts and bolts the bomber obtained from Fluor despite the fact his job did not require he have access to such materials,\u201d according to a Wednesday release from his attorneys at Butler, Wooten and Peak in Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lawsuit claims Fluor violated its contract with the Defense Department \u2015 which, the filing alleges, makes it responsible for actions of all of its employees \u2015 through loose security procedures, allowing Nayeb access to the tools and materials he used to make the bomb while on the clock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, the filing alleges, Nayeb was supposed to be on a shuttle off the base by 4:45 that morning, and Fluor knew that he was still there.<\/p>\n\n\n\t