2012 Dera Ismail Khan bombing

2012 Dera Ismail Khan bombing
Part of War in North-West Pakistan and Sectarianism in Pakistan
Commissionery Bazar Dera Ismail Khan is located in Dera Ismail Khan
Commissionery Bazar Dera Ismail Khan
Commissionery Bazar Dera Ismail Khan
Commissionery Bazar Dera Ismail Khan (Dera Ismail Khan)
Commissionery Bazar Dera Ismail Khan is located in Pakistan
Commissionery Bazar Dera Ismail Khan
Commissionery Bazar Dera Ismail Khan
Commissionery Bazar Dera Ismail Khan (Pakistan)
LocationCommissionery Bazaar, Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Coordinates31°49′42.64″N 70°54′6.76″E / 31.8285111°N 70.9018778°E / 31.8285111; 70.9018778
Date24 November 2012
TargetShia Mourners
Attack type
Planted Bombing (Police claimed)
Suicide attack (Taliban claimed)
WeaponsImprovised explosive device (Police claimed)
Explosive belt(Taliban claimed)
Deaths8
Injured83
VictimsShias
PerpetratorsTehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (claimed responsibility)
Participant1 (Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed)
MotiveIslamic Extremism
Anti-Shi'ism

On 24 November 2012, the day of Ashura, an explosion took place in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan on the crowd of Shiite who were mourning according to their ideology. Ashura is the holiest of days for followers of Shia Islam and marks the anniversary of the martyrdom of Hussain, grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, who was martyred at the battle of Karbala in 680. 8 people were killed while more than 80 people were injured.[1]

  1. ^ AFP (24 November 2012). "Eight killed in blast near DI Khan Muharram procession". Dawn. Retrieved 12 March 2017.