2014 Rawalpindi suicide bombing

2014 Rawalpindi suicide bombing
Location Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Date January 19, 2014 (2014-01-19)
Attack type
Suicide bombing
Deaths 14[1]
Non-fatal injuries
18[2]
Perpetrators Taliban

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."[3][4]

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