Abbottabad Attack | |
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Location | Langra Havelian, Abbottabad district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
Date | 20 March 2023 |
Target | Atif Munsif Khan Jadoon, Tehsil Nazim and PTI candidate |
Attack type | Ambush, Shooting, Mass murder |
Weapons | Rocket, firearms |
Deaths | 11 |
Injured | 2 |
Perpetrators | Unknown |
On Monday, 20 March 2023, an attack took place in Havelian, a town in Abbottabad district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan which caused the death of at least eleven people, including Atif Munsif Khan Jadoon, a leader of the PTI party and Havelian Tehsil Mayor-(Nazim). Atif Munsif Khan Jadoon had been elected as an independent candidate in the 2022 municipal elections, and later joined the Imran Khan-led PTI.[1][2][3]