April_2007_Charsadda_bombing

April 2007 Charsadda bombing

April 2007 Charsadda bombing

2007 suicide attack in Pakistan

On 28 April 2007, at least 28 people were killed and about 52 others wounded in a suicide bombing at a political rally in Charsadda, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan.[1][2] The injured included Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao. Shortly before the bomber detonated his explosive belt, security guards stopped him from getting closer to Sherpao,[1] whom he was three metres (10 feet) away from at the time of the explosion.[2]

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Charsadda later suffered major insurgent attacks in December 2007, February 2008, May 2011, January 2016 and February 2017.

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  1. [1]
    "Bomb kills 22 at Pakistani rally". BBC News. 28 April 2007.
  2. [2]
    "Death toll rises in Pakistan suicide bombing". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2022-01-03.

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