2015 Parachinar bombing

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2015 Parachinar bombing
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LocationParachinar, Kurram Valley, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
Date13 December 2015
Deaths25
Injured62

A bombing occurred on 23 December 2015 at a clothes bazaar in Pakistan's Parachinar area in the Kurram Valley. It was not clear whether the bombing was a suicide attack or a remotely controlled detonation. The blast killed 25 people and another 62 were injured. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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