Target Awami National Party Date 9 February 2008 Total number of deaths 27 | Non-fatal injuries 50 Location Charsadda, Pakistan Attack type Suicide attack | |
Location Charsadda District, Pakistan Similar February 2010 Karachi b, April 2010 Kohat bombings, 2015 Quetta bus bombing, Mian Channu school ho, 2012 Khyber Agency b | ||
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. 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. The bombing occurred nine days before the 2008 Pakistani general election which was postponed in the wake of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
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