| Bacha Khan University attack | |
|---|---|
| Part of the War in North-West Pakistan | |
  Bacha Khan University  Bacha Khan University | |
| Native name | دَ چارسدې يونيورسېټي حملې |
| Location | Charsadda, Pakistan |
| Coordinates | 34°08′11.6″N 71°50′17.5″E / 34.136556°N 71.838194°E |
| Date | 20 January 2016 9:30 am (UTC+05:00) |
| Target | Bacha Khan University |
Attack type | Mass murder, school shooting |
| Weapons | Assault rifles and grenades |
| Deaths | 22+[1][2] |
| Injured | 12+ |
| Victims | University students and faculty (including Syed Hamid Hussain) |
| Perpetrators | Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (Tariq Geedar Afridi faction)[3][4][5][nb 1] |
No. of participants | 4[5] |
| Defenders | Syed Hamid Hussain |
On 20 January 2016, four terrorists opened fire at Bacha Khan University (Pashto: باچا خان پوهنتون) near Charsadda, Pakistan. It is located in the Charsadda District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. At least 22[1][2] people were killed and over 20 others were wounded. Over 200 students were rescued from the premises, while the terrorists were killed by security forces. The Tariq Geedar Afridi faction of the Tehrik-i-Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.[3][7]
On 23 January 2016, the Pakistani army laid the blame on a Taliban commander and the leader of its Tariq Geedar group, Khalifa Omar Mansoor alongside his deputy Qari Zakir.[5][8] Mufti Khalid, one of the facilitator of the attack, was later killed in an ambush by unidentified person(s) in Kunar province of Afghanistan while he was travelling. Khalid was a central leader of Tehrik-i-Taliban and was a close associate of Mullah Fazlullah who was also killed in the same province.[9][10]
- ^ a b At least 22 killed in attack on Bacha Khan University in Pakistan, CNN, 21 January 2016
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
tribwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "Morning Star :: Pakistan: Taliban targets university in deadly attack". Archived from the original on 22 January 2016.
- ^ "Bacha Khan University attackers belonged to Tariq Geedar group: sources". 21 January 2016.
- ^ a b c "Pakistan attack: Bacha Khan University briefly reopens". BBC News. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ^ Joseph W. Raker; Ramāśaṅkara Śukla (1995). Hindi. Hippocrene Books. p. 554. ISBN 9780781804707.
- ^ "Gunmen storm university in northwest Pakistan". Al Jazeera. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
- ^ "Tariq Geedar Group". dopel.org. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- ^ Key TTP leader found murdered in Afghanistan, GEO News, 29 May 2021
- ^ TTP mastermind Mufti Khalid killed in Afghanistan: sources, The News International, 29 May 2021
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