On 23 October 2015, Twenty-three people were killed[2] and several others were wounded when a suicide bomber blast up in a procession of Shia Muslims in Jacobabad, Sindh, on Muharram 9. In this incident 32 people were injured.[3]
2015 Jacobabad bombing | |
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Location | Lashari Mohalla, Jacobabad, Sindh, Pakistan |
Coordinates | 28°16′37″N 68°27′05″E / 28.27694°N 68.45139°E |
Date | 23 October 2015 |
Target | Shia Muslims |
Attack type | Suicide attack |
Weapons | Explosive belt |
Deaths | at least 22; 20-25 missing[1] |
Injured | 20+ |
Perpetrators | Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) |
See also
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edit- ^ Ali, Sarfraz (16 August 2015). "Death toll rises to 22 in suicide attack at Punjab Interior Minister Shuja Khanzada's political office in Attock". Daily Pakistan. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ ARY news. "Jacobabad bomb blast: death toll mounts to 23".
- ^ express tribune. "Investigations: Two teams formed to investigate Jacobabad bombing".