Mohmand Agency bombing
On 9 July 2010, a suicide bombing occurred in a market in Yakaghund, Mohmand Agency, in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. At least 104 people were killed while more than 120 people were wounded. This was the last of a streak of attacks that was the record most major terrorist attacks (over 40 deaths) in a row in the Pakistan war on terrorism, with least 7 in a row, much more than the previous record of 2 which happened only 2 times; marking an escalating of the War on Terrorism in Pakistan.
Mohmand Agency bombing | |
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Location | Mohmand Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan |
Date | 9 July 2010 |
Attack type | Suicide bomb |
Weapons | T.N.T. |
Deaths | 104 |
Injured | at least 120 |
Motive | Terrorism |
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