2018 Peshawar suicide bombing | |
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Part of Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
Location | Yaka Toot, Peshawar, KPK, Pakistan |
Coordinates | 34°00′21″N 71°34′39″E / 34.00583°N 71.57750°E |
Date | 10 July 2018 (PST) |
Target | Haroon Bilour |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
Weapons | Explosive belt |
Deaths | 22 |
Injured | 75 |
Perpetrators | Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan |
No. of participants | 1 |
On 10 July 2018, a suicide bombing occurred at the Awami National Party's workers rally in Yaka Toot area of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Haroon Bilour, ANP's candidate for PK-78 and prime target of the attack, was killed as a result of the bombing. The attack left 22 people dead and wounded 75 others. Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack.