2022 Sibi suicide bombing

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2022 Sibi suicide bombing
Part of the insurgency in Balochistan
Location Sibi, Balochistan, Pakistan
Date3 March 2022
Target Frontier Corps personnel, Balochistan Police officers, and civilians
Attack type
Suicide bombing
WeaponsExplosives (suicide vest)
Deaths5
Injured6 Frontier Corps personnel, 10 Balochistan Police officers, and 3 civilians

On 3 March 2022, a suicide bomber killed five people in Sibi, Balochistan, Pakistan and injured six Frontier Corps personnel, 10 officers of the Balochistan Police and three civilians who were taken to Sibi Civil Hospital. [1] [2] [3]

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References

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