Qissa Khwani Bazaar bombing

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Qissa Khwani Bazaar bombing
Part of War in North-West Pakistan
Location Qissa Khwani Bazaar, Peshawar, Pakistan
Date29 September 2013
Attack type
Car bomb
Deaths41 [1]
Injured100

The Qissa Khwani Bazaar bombing took place in the Qissa Khwani Bazaar market in Peshawar, Pakistan on 29 September 2013. [2] [3] A car bomb detonated about 11 a.m. PST in the crowded market, killing 41 people, including 16 relatives, and wounding about 100 more. [1] Two days earlier, a bus bomb in the city killed nineteen government workers. [4] [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Pakistan blast kills at least 41 at historic centuries-old market". The Washington Post . September 29, 2013. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
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