January 2009 Dera Ismail Khan bombings

January 2009 Dera Ismail Khan bombings
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Location	Polytechnic College and Town Hall, Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Coordinates	31°50′38.97″N 70°54′45.38″E / 31.8441583°N 70.9126056°E / 31.8441583; 70.9126056
Date	4 January 2009 26 January 2009
Target	Police officers
Attack type	Bombing, Suicide attack, Shooting
Weapons	Hand Grenade, Explosive belt, Planted bomb
Deaths	16
Injured	52
Victims	Police and Journalists
Defender	KPK Police

January 2009 Dera Ismail Khan bombings involved two incidents in Dera Ismail Khan. The first occurred on 4 January in front of Polytechnic College, killing ten people, including four policemen and two journalists, and injuring 28.^[1] The other occurred when a bomb planted on motorcycle exploded on 26 January near town hall, killing 6 people and injuring 24.^[2]