2022 Peshawar mosque attack

2022 Peshawar mosque attack
Part of the persecution of Shias by the Islamic State and the insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
An ambulance at the mosque after the attack
Location	Masjid Asna-e-Ashri, Qissa Khwani Bazaar, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Coordinates	34°00′21.5″N 71°34′13.0″E / 34.005972°N 71.570278°E / 34.005972; 71.570278
Date	4 March 2022 (2022-03-04)
Target	The Kucha Risaldar Shia mosque
Attack type	Shooting, suicide bombing
Deaths	63 (including the perpetrator)[1]
Injured	196[2]
Perpetrators	Islamic State – Khorasan Province
Assailant	Julaybib al-Kabli
Motive	Anti-Shi'ism

On 4 March 2022, the Islamic State – Khorasan Province attacked a Shia mosque at Qissa Khwani Bazaar in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The suicide attack, carried out by an Afghan man who was a long-term resident of Pakistan, killed at least 63 people and injured another 196. The Islamist terror group Islamic State – Khorasan Province claimed responsibility for the attack.^[2][3]