Non-fatal injuries 18 Date 19 January 2014 Perpetrator Taliban Attack type Suicide attack | Perpetrators Taliban Location Rawalpindi, Pakistan Total number of deaths 14 Location Rawalpindi | |
The 2014 Rawalpindi suicide bombing was a suicide bombing in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on January 19, 2014.
History
Six military personnel and eight civilians were killed in a suicide bombing in a town near the headquarters of the Pakistan Army. According to the BBC, "Soldiers and paramilitary forces were planning to leave the town of Bannu, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, for Razmak in North Waziristan, when their convoy was hit by the blast." Also according to the BBC, "Police say a group of soldiers had been passing on foot at the moment of Monday's explosion in Rawalpindi."
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