June 2017 Pakistan attacks
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On 23 June 2017, a series of terrorist attacks took place in Pakistan resulting in 96 dead and over 200 wounded. They included a suicide bombing in Quetta targeting policemen, followed by a double bombing at a market in Parachinar, and the targeted killing of four policemen in Karachi.[1][2][3]
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Part of the insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
Location | Quetta, Parachinar and Karachi, Pakistan |
Date | 23 June 2017 |
Target | Law enforcement personnel and civilians |
Attack type | Suicide car bombing, targeted killing |
Weapons | Bombs, including car bomb and explosive belt |
Deaths | Quetta - 14 Parachinar - 78 Karachi - 4 |
Injured | Quetta - 20 Parachinar - 200+ Karachi - 1 |
Perpetrators | Jamaat-ul-Ahrar ISIL – Khorasan Ansar al-Sharia Pakistan |
Motive | Terrorism |
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Responsibility for the Quetta attack was claimed by Jamaat-ul-Ahrar and ISIL,[4] while no group accepted responsibility for the Parachinar attack.[5] According to the military, both attacks were coordinated from terrorist sanctuaries in Afghanistan.[6]