2008 Charsadda bombing

2008 Charsadda bombing
Location	Charsadda, Pakistan
Date	9 February 2008
Target	Awami National Party
Attack type	Suicide attack
Deaths	27^[1]
Injured	50^[1]

In the Charsadda bombing of 9 February 2008, a suicide bomber killed at least 27 people and another 50 were injured in Charsadda, Pakistan attending a political rally for the opposition Awami National Party.^[1]^[2] No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz Khan suspected Al-Qaeda or Taliban-linked groups were responsible after threatening all political parties in the North-West Frontier Province.^[3] The bombing occurred nine days before the 2008 Pakistani general election which was postponed in the wake of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "CNN: Pakistan blast toll rises to 27". CNN. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
^ "AFP: Bomb Kills 27 at Pakistan Election Rally". Retrieved 6 November 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "ABC News". United States: ABC News. Retrieved 6 November 2014.

34°08′N 71°44′E / 34.14°N 71.73°E / 34.14; 71.73

Terrorist attacks
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