April 2017 Lahore suicide bombing

April 2017 Lahore suicide bombing
Part of the War in North-West Pakistan
Location Lahore, Pakistan
Date 5 April 2017
Attack type
Suicide bombing
Weapons Explosive belt
Deaths 8 (+1 bomber)
Non-fatal injuries
24
Perpetrators Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan
Assailants a suicide bomber

On 5 April 2017, a suicide bomber killed at least eight people and wounded 24 near a Pakistan Army vehicle taking part in the census in the city of Lahore, Pakistan. The injured were shifted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) and General Hospital. Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility, saying it was carried out in revenge against security personnel. [1][2][3]

On the 8th of April, Pakistani police killed 10 Taliban gunmen in a gun battle in Lahore.[4]

See also

References

  1. "Pakistan census team hit by deadly blast". BBC News. 2017-04-05. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  2. https://www.dawn.com/news/1325024/4-pakistan-army-soldiers-slain-in-lahore-suicide-blast-targeting-census-team
  3. Pakistan blast: Lahore census team hit by suspected suicide bombing, BBC, 5 April 2017
  4. Pakistani police say 10 militants killed in gun battle in Lahore, Reuters, 8 April 2017, Mubasher Bukhari

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