April 2017 Lahore suicide bombing
April 2017 Lahore suicide bombing | |
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Part of the War in North-West Pakistan | |
Location | Lahore, Pakistan |
Date | 5 April 2017 |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
Weapons | Explosive belt |
Deaths | 8 (+1 bomber) |
Injured | 24 |
Perpetrators | Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan |
Assailants | a suicide bomber |
On 5 April 2017, a suicide bomber killed at least eight people and wounded 24 near a Pakistan Army vehicle taking part in the census in the city of Lahore, Pakistan. The injured were shifted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) and General Hospital. Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility, saying it was carried out in revenge against security personnel.[1][2][3]
On the 8th of April, Pakistani police killed 10 Taliban gunmen in a gun battle in Lahore.[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Pakistan census team hit by deadly blast". BBC News. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ "5 armed forces personnel slain in Lahore blast targeting census team". 5 April 2017.
- ^ Pakistan blast: Lahore census team hit by suspected suicide bombing, BBC, 5 April 2017
- ^ Pakistani police say 10 militants killed in gun battle in Lahore, Reuters, 8 April 2017, Mubasher Bukhari
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