February 2010 Lower Dir bombing

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February 2010 Lower Dir bombing
Part of War in North-West Pakistan
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Location of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan
Location Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Date3 February 2010
TargetGirls' school
Attack type
Suicide school bombing, Mass murder, terrorism
Deaths8
Injuredat least 70
Perpetrators Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan

The February 2010 Lower Dir bombing was a suicide bombing in the Lower Dir District area of Pakistan on 3 February 2010. [1] At least 8 people, including three American soldiers, died. Three schoolgirls were among the dead. [2] Another 70 people, including 63 schoolgirls, were among the injured. [1]

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Attack

The soldiers were travelling in a convoy and headed for the inauguration of a girls' school. They were part of a contingent of approximately 70 soldiers training Pakistani soldiers in counter insurgency. [3] The bomb went off near another girls school in the village of Koto along the way. The Koto Girls High School was flattened, leaving the girls crying under the rubble. [1] The American soldiers were helping train Pakistan Frontier Corps. [4]

Aftermath

Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the bombing. They claimed that the attack was in retaliation of October 2008 attack by Blackwater Worldwide in Peshawar. [5] Pakistan arrested 35 people in connection with this bombing. [6] However a backlash against U.S. troop presence in Pakistan did not happen against some analysts predictions. [3]

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