What the records say
- When
- 8 Aug 2013
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 30.20° N, 67.02° E
- Description
- A suicide bombing at a funeral in the Pakistani city of Quetta kills at least 28 people.
Placed at the town its text puts it in, Quetta.
August 2013 Quetta bombing
Terror attack at a funeral in Pakistan
On 8 August 2013, a suicide attacker exploded a bomb at a funeral being held for a police officer in Quetta, Pakistan, and killed as many as thirty-seven people and injured over fifty people. No group has taken responsibility for the bombing, but it is believed that the Taliban were behind the bombing. A senior police officer, Fayyaz Sumbal, noticed the suicide bomber before he blew himself up.
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