April 2010 Kohat bombings

April 2010 Kohat bombings
Part of War in North-West Pakistan
Location of Kohat District (highlighted in red) within the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan
LocationKohat, Pakistan
DateApril 17, 2010
TargetIDP camp & police station
Attack type
Suicide bombing
Deaths58
Injured86
PerpetratorsLashkar-e-Jhangvi

The April 2010 Kohat bombings were a pair of bombings that struck a center for displaced people on the outskirts of the town of Kohat, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on April 17, 2010.[1] At least 41 people were killed,[2] while another 64 more were injured. [3] The next day another suicide bombing at a police station killed 7 more and injured nearly two dozen.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference BBC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Sajjad, Mohammad (17 April 2010). "Pakistan: Bombers kill refugees waiting for food". The Associated Press. Archived from the original on 20 April 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  3. ^ Rodriguez, Alex; Zulfiqar Ali (17 April 2010). "Suicide bombers kill 41 at refugee camp in northwest Pakistan". The Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Archived from the original on 23 April 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2010.