Non-fatal injuries 150 Location Parachinar, Pakistan Attack type Suicide attack | Date 16 February 2008 Total number of deaths 47 Location Parachinar | |
Target Riaz Shah, Pakistan People's Party Similar 2015 Quetta bus bombing, April 2010 Kohat bombings, Mian Channu school ho, Taunsa Sharif bombing, 2012 Khyber Agency b | ||
In the Parachinar bombing of 16 February 2008, a suicide bomber in Parachinar, Pakistan killed 47 people and injured 93 attending a political rally for the opposition Pakistan Peoples Party. The attack occurred on the eve of the 2008 Pakistani general election to be held on 18 February when an explosives-laden car was rammed into the election office of an independent candidate in Parachinar. The attack targeted people waiting for food outside of Riaz Shah's house. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
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