2013 Mardan funeral suicide bombing: Difference between revisions

{{Infobox civilian attack

| title = 2013 Mardan funeral suicide bombing

| image = Pakistan - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - Mardan.svg

| caption = Map showing where [[Mardan District|Mardan]] is located.

| location = Shergarh, [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], Pakistan

| date = 18 June 2013

| type = [[Suicide attack|Suicide bombing]]

| fatalities = 28

| injuries = 60

| perps = Unknown

| motive = Unknown

| weapons = [[Explosive belt]]

}}

{{Pakistan terrorist attacks}}

On 18 June 2013, a [[Suicide attack|suicide bomber]] detonated his vest at a funeral in [[Shergarh, Mardan|Shergarh]] , [[Mardan]] in northwest [[Pakistan]], killing at least 34 people and injuring over 60 people.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22958033|title=Pakistan funeral suicide bomb attack kills 28|work=[[BBC News]]|date=18 June 2013|access-date=20 June 2013}}</ref> The attack took place at a funeral prayer service for Abdullah Khan, who owned a compressed natural gas station.<ref>{{cite web|title=Suicide blast targets funeral in Pakistan|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2013/06/2013618123135439672.html|publisher=[[Al Jazeera English]]|access-date=18 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Khan|first=Ismail|title=Attack at Funeral in Pakistan Kills 28|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/19/world/asia/attack-at-funeral-in-pakistan.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=18 June 2013}}</ref> One of the people killed in the attack was [[Imran Khan Mohmand]], who was previously an independent MPA.<ref>{{cite web|title=Independent MPA, 29 others killed in Mardan blast|date=18 June 2013 |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/564819/blast-during-funeral-proceedings-in-mardan/|publisher=[[The Express Tribune]]|access-date=19 June 2013}}</ref>

== Bombing and aftermath ==

The bomb blast took place on 18 June 2013 during a funeral procession for a local businessman Haji Abdullah, who was shot a day before by unknown assailants. Imran Khan Mohmand , previously an independent candidate , but then part of the [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf|PTI]] party was injured and then later succumbed to his injuries. <ref name=":0" />The procession was being led by a former MPA of [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)|Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam]] , Maulana Muhammad Qasim , who survived the blast.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Dawn.com|first=Zahir Shah Sherazi {{!}}|date=2013-06-18|title=Suicide blast at Mardan funeral; death toll rises to 34|url=http://beta.dawn.com/news/1019076/suicide-blast-at-mardan-funeral-death-toll-rises-to-34|access-date=2021-02-07|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}}</ref> No militant organization took responsibility for the attack. The [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] provincial government announced monetary compensation for those involved. A sum of Rs. 300,000 for the families of those killed and Rs. 100,000 for those injured.<ref name=":1" />

==See also==

* [[List of terrorist incidents in 2013]]

* [[Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2013]]

==References==

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[[Category:Suicide bombings in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]

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