| Assassination of Shuja Khanzada | |
|---|---|
  Assassination of Shuja Khanzada (Pakistan) | |
| Location | Shadikhan, Attock District, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Coordinates | 33°55′21″N 72°22′46″E / 33.92250°N 72.37944°E |
| Date | 16 August 2015 |
| Target | Shuja Khanzada, civilians |
Attack type | Assassination, suicide attack |
| Weapons | Explosive belt |
| Deaths | 19 |
| Injured | 17 |
| Perpetrators | Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) |
| Motive | Revenge[1] |
On 16 August 2015, two suspected suicide bombers detonated explosives at the home office of Punjab Interior Minister Shuja Khanzada in the Attock District village of Shadikhan, 80 km (50 mi) from the Pakistani capital of Islamabad. The blasts killed the minister and 18 other people; at least 17 people were injured and taken to hospitals.[2][3][4][5] Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), a Deobandi militant group with ties to Al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the attack,[6] and it was later determined that Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan was also involved.
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- ^ "Pakistan police arrests two for spying on slain minister Shuja Khanzada". The Economic Times. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
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