On 14 October 2015, a
suicide bomb
A suicide attack is any violent attack, usually entailing the attacker detonating an explosive, where the attacker has accepted their own death as a direct result of the attacking method used. Suicide attacks have occurred throughout histor ...
ing killed at least 7 people and injured thirteen others in
Taunsa Sharif,
Punjab, Pakistan. The attack took place inside the political office of
Pakistan Muslim League (N)
The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) ( ur, , translit=Pākistān Muslim Līg (Nūn) PML(N) or PML-N) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right and Liberal conservatism, liberal conservative political party in Pakistan. Alongside the Pakistan Teh ...
MNA Sardar
Amjad Farooq Khan
Sardar Muhammad Amjad Farooq Khan Khosa (; born 4 September 1950) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023. Previously he was a member of the National Assembly between ...
Khosa, who was not present. Sardar Khosa, who was attending a meeting in Islamabad, said he did not receive any threat or alert prior to the blast. A
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan splinter group,
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, claimed responsibility for the attack.
See also
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List of terrorist incidents, 2015
This is a list of terrorist incidents which took place in 2015, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political motives. Note that terrorism related to drug wars and cartel violence is not included in these lists. Ongoing military conf ...
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Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2015
This is a list of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2015.
January
9 January – Time bomb in drainpipe explosion killed at least eight people took place near Imambargah Aun Muhammad Rizvi in Rawalpindi s Chatian Hattian area
13 January � ...
References
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2015 murders in Pakistan
21st-century mass murder in Pakistan
Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2015
Mass murder in 2015
October 2015 events in Pakistan