2005 Islamabad bombing

{{Pakistan terrorist attacks}}

On 27 May 2005, a suicide bombing in Islamabad, Pakistan killed about 20 people and wounded about 150 others.{{Cite web |date=27 May 2005 |title=At least 19 killed in Islamabad shrine bomb attack |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1490873/At-least-19-killed-in-Islamabad-shrine-bomb-attack.html |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=The Daily Telegraph}}{{Cite web |last= |date=2005-05-27 |title=Pakistan shrine bomb kills 20 |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/may/27/pakistan |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=The Guardian |language=en}} The attack occurred inside the shrine of the city's patron saint, Bari Imam, which is located in Noorpur Shahan, between the city's 3rd and 4th avenues.{{Cite web |date=27 May 2005 |title=19 killed in Islamabad explosion |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2005/0527/63613-pakistan/ |access-date=26 August 2022 |website=RTÉ}} At the time of the explosion, thousands of Sunni and Shia Muslim worshippers were attending a festival at the shrine.