The 19 April 2010 Peshawar bombing was a

suicide bombing 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 ...

that occurred in a marketplace in

Peshawar Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...

, Pakistan. At least 25 people died and around 27 individuals were injured. The explosion was the second to have occurred in the city that day, the first of which killed several children near a city school. The blast, which happened in Qissa Khawani market, an area in the old city that is also referred to as the Storytellers' Bazaar, killed Dost Muhammad, the local leader of

Jamaat-e-Islami Jamaat-e-Islami ( ur, ) () is an Islamic movement founded in 1941 in British India by the Islamic theologian and socio-political philosopher, Syed Abul Ala Maududi.van der Veer P. and Munshi S. (eds.''Media, War, and Terrorism: Responses fro ...

, who was leading a protest against

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. The attack happened at about 6:30 pm local time. Witnesses saw the suicide bomber arrive on foot and proceed to detonate his explosives, near the demonstration of the Jamaat-e-Islami, a group that is reportedly sympathetic to the Taliban. The attack also appeared to target senior police officer Gulfat Hussein, a

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Muslim. According to a statement released by the provincial information minister Iftikhar Hussain, the suicide bomber blew himself up near the policemen sitting in their vehicles after the rally. some of the wounded included members of the police. The government declared three days of mourning after the bombing.

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