2017 Charsadda suicide bombing | |
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Part of the War in North-West Pakistan and Operation Ghazi | |
Location | Tangi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
Date | 21 February 2017 |
Target | Sessions court |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
Weapons | Suicide belts, hand grenades, assault rifle[1] |
Deaths | 7 (+3 bombers)[2] |
Injured | 20[2] |
Assailants | three suicide bombers |
On 21 February 2017, suicide bombers targeted a sessions court in Tangi, Charsadda District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.[3][4] At least seven people were killed, including a lawyer and more than 20 others injured.[2][5] Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan faction Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claimed responsibility for the attack.[6]