2012 Dera Ismail Khan bombing

2012 Dera Ismail Khan bombing
Part of War in North-West Pakistan and Sectarianism in Pakistan
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Location	Commissionery Bazaar, Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Coordinates	31°49′42.64″N 70°54′6.76″E / 31.8285111°N 70.9018778°E / 31.8285111; 70.9018778
Date	24 November 2012
Target	Shia Mourners
Attack type	Planted Bombing (Police claimed) Suicide attack (Taliban claimed)
Weapons	Improvised explosive device (Police claimed) Explosive belt(Taliban claimed)
Deaths	8
Injured	83
Victims	Shias
Perpetrators	Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (claimed responsibility)
Participant	1 (Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed)
Motive	Islamic Extremism Anti-Shi'ism

On 24 November 2012, the day of Ashura, an explosion took place in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan on the crowd of Shiite who were mourning according to their ideology. Ashura is the holiest of days for followers of Shia Islam and marks the anniversary of the martyrdom of Hussain, grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, who was martyred at the battle of Karbala in 680. 8 people were killed while more than 80 people were injured.^[1]