5 April 2010 North-West Frontier Province attacks
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On April 5, 2010, two bombings in Pakistan killed up to 50 people and injured 100 more. In the first attack the U.S. Consulate in Peshawar was attacked by militants.[3] The coordinated attack involved a vehicle suicide bomb and attackers who tried to enter the U.S. Consulate in Peshawar by using grenades and weapons fire. Three explosions went off within a span of 15 minutes in the area of Saddar and Hayatabad Avenue, near the American consulate and the Peshawar headquarters of Pakistan's intelligence agency.[4] Several militants came in two vehicles. The first vehicle exploded near a security checkpoint, and gunmen in the second car opened fire.[5] A Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan spokesman claimed responsibility for the assault on the consulate. In Timergara, Lower Dir district an Awami National Party rally came under attack.[6] Pakistani Taliban spokesman Azam Tariq[7] said "Americans are our enemies. We carried out the attack on their consulate in Peshawar. We plan more such attacks."[8]
5 April 2010 Peshawar bombings | |
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Location | Peshawar, Pakistan |
Date | April 5, 2010 |
Target | U.S. Consulate in Peshawar[1] and ANP rally |
Attack type | Suicide attack |
Deaths | 50 |
Injured | 100 |
Perpetrators | Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan[2] |