Location Peshawar, Pakistan Target Khyber Bazaar Deaths 41 | Date 9 October 2009 (PST+5) Attack type Minibus bomb Suspected perpetrators Taliban | |
The 9 October 2009 Peshawar bombing was a minibus bomb that was detonated at the crowded Khyber Bazaar in Peshawar on 9 October 2009 killing 41 and injuring at least 100.
Investigations
On the 24th of April 2015 Italian DIGOS detectives arrested a terror cell that plotted to bomb the Vatican. According to Mario Carta, an officer in the anti-terrorism unit, there was evidence that the 2009 Peshawar attack was substantially planned and financed from Olbia, Sardinia, and that Italy-based militants had taken part in it.
References
9 October 2009 Peshawar bombing Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA