2008 Charsadda bombing

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2008 Charsadda bombing
Location Charsadda, Pakistan
Date9 February 2008
Target Awami National Party
Attack type
Suicide attack
Deaths27 [1]
Injured50 [1]

In the Charsadda bombing of 9 February 2008, a suicide bomber killed at least 27 people and another 50 were injured in Charsadda, Pakistan attending a political rally for the opposition Awami National Party. [1] [2] No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz Khan suspected Al-Qaeda or Taliban-linked groups were responsible after threatening all political parties in the North-West Frontier Province. [3] The bombing occurred nine days before the 2008 Pakistani general election which was postponed in the wake of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "CNN: Pakistan blast toll rises to 27" . Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  2. "AFP: Bomb Kills 27 at Pakistan Election Rally" . Retrieved 6 November 2014.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. "ABC News". United States: ABC News. Retrieved 6 November 2014.

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