Bahawalpur church shooting

Bahawalpur church shooting
Part of religious discrimination in Pakistan
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Location	Saint Dominic's church, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
Coordinates	29°23′23.92″N 71°39′44.3″E / 29.3899778°N 71.662306°E / 29.3899778; 71.662306
Date	28 October 2001
Target	Christians
Attack type	Mass shooting
Weapons	AK-47s
Deaths	18
Victims	Christians and guard of church
Assailants	Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
No. of participants	6
Motive	Retaliation to the Afghanistan invasion

The Bahawalpur church shooting was a mass shooting at Saint Dominic's Church in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan on 28 October 2001 by six assailants belonging to Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. The guard of the church and 17 other Christians were killed.