Shadikhan

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Shadi Khan
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Shadi Khan
Coordinates: 33°55′18″N72°22′39″E / 33.92167°N 72.37750°E / 33.92167; 72.37750
Country Pakistan
Province Punjab
District Attock
Tehsil Hazro
Region Chhachh
Time zone UTC+5 (PST)

Shadi Khan is a village in Chach Valley of Attock District in Punjab Province of Pakistan. [1]

Attock District District in Punjab, Pakistan

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Suicide bombing

On 16 August 2015, the interior minister of Punjab, Shuja Khanzada, and at least 22 others were killed in a suspected suicide bombing here. [2]

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2015 Attock bombing

On 16 August 2015, two suspected suicide bombers detonated explosives at the home office of Punjab Interior Minister Shuja Khanzada in the Attock District village of Shadikhan, 80 km (50 mi) from the Pakistani capital of Islamabad. The blasts killed the minister and at least 21 other people; at least 20 people are still missing. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), a Deobandi militant group with ties to Al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the attack, and it was later determined that Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan was also involved.

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References

  1. "Shadi Khan". Shadi Khan. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
  2. Rehman, Dawood (16 August 2015). "Punjab Home Minister Shuja Khanzada killed in suicide attack". Daily Pakistan. Retrieved 5 October 2018.