2017 Mastung suicide bombing

2017 Mastung suicide bombing
Part of the insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Mastung is located in Balochistan, Pakistan
Mastung
Mastung
Mastung (Balochistan, Pakistan)
Mastung is located in Pakistan
Mastung
Mastung
Mastung (Pakistan)
LocationMastung District, Balochistan, Pakistan
Coordinates29°24′31″N 67°11′22″E / 29.408737°N 67.189449°E / 29.408737; 67.189449
Date12 May 2017
TargetSenator Abdul Ghafoor Haideri
Attack type
Suicide motorcycle bombing
WeaponsExplosive belt[1]
Deaths28
Injured40
VictimsHafiz Qudratullah (Naib emir of JUI-F's Quetta dist.)
Iftikhar Mughal (director staff of the Senate)
Participant1 suicide bomber

On 12 May 2017, a suicide bombing targeted the convoy of the Deputy Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan, Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, a JUI (F) member, on the N-25 National Highway in Mastung District, Balochistan, Pakistan.[2] At least 28 people were killed; 40 others were injured, including the Senator.[3] The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the attack.[4] The attack was an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Haideri.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference TET was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Atentado suicida en Pakistán deja al menos 17 muertos y un senador herido". La Nacion. Agence France-Presse. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  3. ^ Shahid, Saleem (13 May 2017). "28 die as Senate deputy leader survives bomb attack in Mastung". Dawn. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Pakistan bomb attack: Balochistan blast kills 25". BBC News. 12 May 2017. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2017.