Quetta police training college attack | |
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Location | Balochistan Police College, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan |
Date | 24 October 2016 |
Target | Police training centre |
Attack type | Mass shooting, suicide bombing, hostage-taking |
Deaths | 62 |
Injured | 165+ |
Perpetrators | Islamic State – Khorasan Province Lashkar-e-Jhangvi |
No. of participants | 3 |
On 24 October 2016, three heavily armed terrorists carried out an attack on the Balochistan police training college in Quetta, Pakistan, killing 61 cadets and injuring more than 165 others.[1][2][3] The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province claimed responsibility for the attack,[4] and Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed to have collaborated with them.[5] According to Pakistani authorities, the assailants came from Afghanistan and were in contact with their handlers there while perpetrating the attack.[6]
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