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Terror attack in Pakistan by the Taliban

2014 Bannu Bombing
LocationBannu, Pakistan
Date19 January 2014 (2014-01-19)
Attack typeBomb blast
Deaths26
Injured38
PerpetratorsTehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
Terrorist attacks
in Pakistan (since 2001)
Italics indicates attacks resulting in more than 40 deaths
‡ indicates attacks resulting in more than 100 deaths
Underline indicates the deadliest terrorist attack/s to date
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The 2014 Bannu Bombing was a bombing attack by the Taliban that killed twenty six Pakistani soldiers. Thirty-eight other people were injured as a result of the bombing.

History

The bomb was first placed in an eighteen-seater van. The bomb then hit an army convoy which killed many Pakistani soldiers. The vehicle where many of the soldiers were was being rented by the Frontier Corps. The vehicle was traveling to Razmak, in North Waziristan. The bomb exploded at an army checkpoint. Fifteen of the twenty security officers that were injured were taken to the Bannu Combined Military Hospital in critical condition.

Reaction

According to TTP spokesman Shahidullah Shahid, "The bombing was carried out to (avenge) the killing of Maulana Waliur Rehman, commander of TTP South Waziristan, who was killed on May 29, 2013, in a U.S. drone strike in Miranshah." The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, canceled a trip to Davos, Switzerland that he had planned.

Retaliation

As a result of the bombing, helicopters operated by the Pakistan Army fired missiles, resulting in the deaths of three militants and two children. The helicopters fired at a road in the village of Musaki.

References

  1. Mohammed, Ijaz. "Taliban bomb kills 20 troops in Pakistan". USA Today. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  2. "Tragedy: Bannu blast toll rises to 26". The Express Tribune. 21 January 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  3. "Death toll reaches 26 as six more soldiers die". The News International. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  4. Saifi, Sophia (19 January 2014). "22 killed in blast at Pakistani army checkpoint; Taliban claim responsibility". CNN. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  5. "Army Retaliates Over Bannu Bombing". Newsweek Pakistan. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014.

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