August 2008 Dera Ismail Khan suicide bombing

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2008 Dera Ismail Khan suicide bombing
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Location	District Head Quarter Hospital, Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Coordinates	31°49′20.6508″N 70°54′41.2128″E / 31.822403000°N 70.911448000°E / 31.822403000; 70.911448000
Date	August 19, 2008
Target	Shia protesters
Attack type	Suicide attack
Weapons	Explosive belt
Deaths	32 (+1 attacker)
Injured	55
Victims	Shia protesters and Police officers (at the spot)
Perpetrators	Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan
Participant	1
Defenders	Pakistan Army KPK Police
Motive	Retaliation against Operation Sherdill in Bajaur Agency.

The August 2008 Dera Ismail Khan suicide bombing took place on 19 August 2008, near the Emergency Ward of District Headquarter Hospital in Dera Ismail Khan, killing 32, including 7 policemen. Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack.^[1]