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|image = 2007 08 Bomb blast spot.png |
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|caption = Location of blast on map |
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|location=[[Parachinar]], [[Pakistan]] |
|location=[[Parachinar]], [[Pakistan]] |
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|target=[[Riaz Shah]], |
|target=[[Riaz Shah]], Political Rally |
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|date=16 February 2008 |
|date=16 February 2008 |
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|type=[[Suicide attack]] |
|type= Car [[Suicide attack]] |
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|fatalities=70<ref name="Daily Times">[http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\02\18\story_18-2-2008_pg7_5 Blast toll reaches 47: Polls postponed in Parachinar] ''Daily Times'', 18 February 2008</ref> |
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|injuries=150<ref name="Daily Times"/> |
|injuries=150<ref name="Daily Times"/> |
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In the '''Parachinar bombing''' of 16 February 2008, a [[suicide bombing|suicide bomber]] in [[Parachinar]], [[Pakistan]] killed |
In the '''Parachinar bombing''' of 16 February 2008, a [[suicide bombing|suicide bomber]] in [[Parachinar]], [[Pakistan]] killed 70 people and injured 110 attending a political rally for the opposition [[Pakistan Peoples Party]].<ref name="AFP">[http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/080216181201.ynl1n26z.html AFP]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The attack occurred on the eve of the 2008 [[Pakistani general election, 2008|Pakistani general election]] to be held on 18 February when an explosives-laden car was rammed into the election office of an independent candidate in Parachinar. The attack occurred on the eve of the 2008 Pakistani general election to be held on 18 February when an explosives-laden car was rammed into the election office of an independent candidate in Parachinar. The attack targeted people in a rally outside of Riaz Shah's campaign office.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bomb Blast in Paarachinar on 16-02-2008|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/feb/16/pakistan.terrorism|website=The Guardian}}</ref> |
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A suicide attacker struck his car full of explosive and petrol gallon in Eidgah Market area, an entrance point in [[Parachinar]] Saturday evening at the end of a rally. 43 persons died at the spot including suicide bomber while more than 200 people were injured. According to the eyewitnesses, 7 shops of the market located near the blast site were destroyed completely which reflects the intensity of the blast. The blast also damaged electricity wires which suspended the electricity in the city. This blast was carried out with just 10 meters away from [[2007 Parachinar bombing]]. <ref>{{cite news|title=Car suicide attack on a Shia rally|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7248445.stm|publisher=BBC}}</ref> |
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The attack on the rally came as Riaz Shah launched a final push for votes before a midnight deadline after which all rallies are banned until after the election. The bombing was believed to be motivated by sectarianism, as the majority of the area's residents are Shia Muslims. <ref>{{cite news|title=Bomb blast at election office in Parachinar|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1578879/Bomb-kills-27-at-election-office-in-Pakistan.html|publisher=Telegraph}}</ref> |
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== After Attack == |
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The army imposed a curfew in the northwestern tribal area town of Parachinar after bomb blast. Funerals would be held for many of the victims Sunday, officials said, and the army agreed to relax its curfew in some areas so family members could attend. On 17 February, 2008 Early Sunday, the wreckage of four cars flipped over by the force of the blast littered the street near the site. Most shops were shuttered and streets were largely deserted. More than 200 relatives of the dead blocked the main road with stones and milled around in the streets. Dozens of heavily armed army and paramilitary troops set up barricades at two roads into Parachinar, just over a mountain from the Afghan area of [[Tora Bora]].<ref>{{cite news|title=PAKISTAN VIOLENCE on 16 February 2008 in Parachinar|url=http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/2b26f466e793ccd46431af3cbef20b8d|publisher=AP Archive}}</ref> |
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Various of panicked people on blood stained street after blast, local people and Vehicles arriving to take bodies away,The bodies and wounded were shifted to the hospital immediately where some of the injured are in critical condition. According to the injured man, Gulraiz Khan: |
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"I came out from the centre and stood beside the road, a car came over there at the place of the blast and then a big blast occurred, after that I don't know what happened."<ref>{{cite web|title=reax to bombing in Parachinar; ADDS Parachinar blast|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_VzJzeMmN0|website=AP Archive}}</ref> |
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== Responsibility == |
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The [[Pakistani Taliban]] splinter local Sunni militant group [[Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan]] claim of responsibility.<ref>{{cite web|title= Shia killing in parachinarby banned outfit ssp terrorists|url=http://www.shiitenews.org/index.php/pakistan/item/17525-a-shia-man-martyred-in-parachinar-by-banned-outfit-ssp-terrorists/17525-a-shia-man-martyred-in-parachinar-by-banned-outfit-ssp-terrorists}}</ref> |
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== See also== |
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* [[Bomb blasts in Parachinar since 2007]] |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 19:57, 29 June 2017
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  Parachinar Parachinar (Pakistan) | |
| Location | Parachinar, Pakistan |
| Date | 16 February 2008 |
| Target | Riaz Shah, Political Rally |
Attack type | Car Suicide attack |
| Deaths | 70[1] |
| Injured | 150[1] |
In the Parachinar bombing of 16 February 2008, a suicide bomber in Parachinar, Pakistan killed 70 people and injured 110 attending a political rally for the opposition Pakistan Peoples Party.[2] The attack occurred on the eve of the 2008 Pakistani general election to be held on 18 February when an explosives-laden car was rammed into the election office of an independent candidate in Parachinar. The attack occurred on the eve of the 2008 Pakistani general election to be held on 18 February when an explosives-laden car was rammed into the election office of an independent candidate in Parachinar. The attack targeted people in a rally outside of Riaz Shah's campaign office.[3]
A suicide attacker struck his car full of explosive and petrol gallon in Eidgah Market area, an entrance point in Parachinar Saturday evening at the end of a rally. 43 persons died at the spot including suicide bomber while more than 200 people were injured. According to the eyewitnesses, 7 shops of the market located near the blast site were destroyed completely which reflects the intensity of the blast. The blast also damaged electricity wires which suspended the electricity in the city. This blast was carried out with just 10 meters away from 2007 Parachinar bombing. [4]
The attack on the rally came as Riaz Shah launched a final push for votes before a midnight deadline after which all rallies are banned until after the election. The bombing was believed to be motivated by sectarianism, as the majority of the area's residents are Shia Muslims. [5]
After Attack
The army imposed a curfew in the northwestern tribal area town of Parachinar after bomb blast. Funerals would be held for many of the victims Sunday, officials said, and the army agreed to relax its curfew in some areas so family members could attend. On 17 February, 2008 Early Sunday, the wreckage of four cars flipped over by the force of the blast littered the street near the site. Most shops were shuttered and streets were largely deserted. More than 200 relatives of the dead blocked the main road with stones and milled around in the streets. Dozens of heavily armed army and paramilitary troops set up barricades at two roads into Parachinar, just over a mountain from the Afghan area of Tora Bora.[6]
Various of panicked people on blood stained street after blast, local people and Vehicles arriving to take bodies away,The bodies and wounded were shifted to the hospital immediately where some of the injured are in critical condition. According to the injured man, Gulraiz Khan: "I came out from the centre and stood beside the road, a car came over there at the place of the blast and then a big blast occurred, after that I don't know what happened."[7]
Responsibility
The Pakistani Taliban splinter local Sunni militant group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan claim of responsibility.[8]
See also
References
- ^ a b Blast toll reaches 47: Polls postponed in Parachinar Daily Times, 18 February 2008
- ^ AFP[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Bomb Blast in Paarachinar on 16-02-2008". The Guardian.
- ^ "Car suicide attack on a Shia rally". BBC.
- ^ "Bomb blast at election office in Parachinar". Telegraph.
- ^ "PAKISTAN VIOLENCE on 16 February 2008 in Parachinar". AP Archive.
- ^ "reax to bombing in Parachinar; ADDS Parachinar blast". AP Archive.
- ^ "Shia killing in parachinarby banned outfit ssp terrorists".