2007 Parachinar bombing

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2007 Parachinar bombing
Part of Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Parachinar is located in Pakistan
Parachinar
Parachinar
Parachinar (Pakistan)
Date4 August 2007
10-11 am
TargetTaxi stand, market
Attack type
Suicide car bombing
WeaponsCar bomb
Deaths12[1]
Injured43[1]
PerpetratorsGhayoor Khan Chamkani

The 2007 Parachinar bombing occurred on 4 August 2007.[2] At least 12 people were killed and more than 43 injured after Ghayor Khan Chamkani,[3] a suicide bomber, detonated a Toyota Corolla near the Eidgah Market and Peshawar bus terminal in Parachinar, the capital city of Kurram Agency and the largest city in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas in northwest Pakistan.[4] The Pakistani Taliban local splinter Sunni militant group claimed responsibility.[citation needed]


References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "dead tool rise to 12 in Parachinar blast". pak tribune.
  2. ^ "On this Day 04 August 2007". Timelines.
  3. ^ "History of Bomb blast in Parachinar". Tahreek-E-Hussaini Parachinar.
  4. ^ "Parachinar Car Suicide blast 2007". Pakistan Defence. Archived from the original on 2018-07-07. Retrieved 2017-06-26.

See also[]

  • Bomb blasts in Parachinar since 2007

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