What the records say
- When
- 21 Aug 2008
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Coordinates
- 33.48° N, 72.43° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 2008 Wah bombing.
Summary
2008 Wah bombing: Two suicide bombings occur in the cantonment city of Wah Cantonment in Pakistan killing at least 76 people and injuring 110.
2008 Wah bombing
Double suicide attack on the Pakistan Ordnance Factories
The 2008 Wah bombing was a double suicide attack on the Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) in Wah, Pakistan, on 21 August 2008. The attack, which killed more than 100 and wounded over 200 is the deadliest on a military site in Pakistan's history. Both bombers detonated themselves at the factory's gates while workers were changing shifts.
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