2018 Orakzai bombing
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| location = Kalaya
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| coordinates = {{coord|33|44|44|N|70|57|35|E|display=inline,title}}
| date = 23 November 2018
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| type = Suicide bombing
| fatalities = 33 (+1 attacker)
| injuries = 56
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| perpetrator = Islamic State – Khorasan Province
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On 23 November 2018, at least 33 people were killed and 56 others were injured in a suicide bombing in Kalaya, Orakzai District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
On the same day, an armed assault on the Chinese consulate in Karachi, Pakistan resulted in the deaths of four people and the three attackers. However, the two attacks are likely unconnected.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/blast-kills-25-in-northern-pakistan-as-police-repel-assault-on-chinese-consulate-in-karachi/2018/11/23/5746d79c-eef6-11e8-96d4-0d23f2aaad09_story.html|title=Blast kills 25 in northern Pakistan after police repel assault on Chinese Consulate in Karachi|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=23 November 2018}}
Incident
On 23 November 2018, around 10:30 am PST a bomb blast on Friday in market Kalaya, Orakzai District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, the Islamic State – Khorasan Province later claimed responsibility for the bombing.{{Cite news|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/islamic-state-claims-responsibility-for-pakistan-market-suicide-bombing-10965426|title=Islamic state claims responsibility for Pakistan market suicide bombing|work=ChannelNewsAsia.com|access-date=2018-11-24|archive-date=2018-11-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124161734/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/islamic-state-claims-responsibility-for-pakistan-market-suicide-bombing-10965426|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1447197/30-killed-31-injured-in-explosion-in-lower-orakzai-district-health-official |title=32 killed, 31 injured in explosion in lower Orakzai district: health official - Pakistan |publisher=Dawn.Com |date=2018-11-23 }}{{cite web|last=Mohmand |first=Mureeb |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1852844/1-least-20-dead-orakzai-market-blast/ |title=25 killed, 35 injured in Orakzai market blast | The Express Tribune |date=23 November 2018 |publisher=Tribune.com.pk }}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2018/11/23/world/asia/23reuters-pakistan-blast-market.html |title=Blast at Market in Northwest Pakistan Kills at Least 25 - The New York Times |work=The New York Times |date= 23 November 2018|access-date=23 November 2018}} At least 33 people were killed which included three members of the minority Sikh community and 56 others were injured.{{cite news |last1=Islam |first1=Saiful |title=Orakzai bomb blast toll rises to 33, with 56 injured at Friday market |url=https://www.samaa.tv/news/2018/11/17-killed-30-injured-in-blast-in-orakzai/ |work=Samaa TV |date=November 23, 2018}} However a statement on Amaq, a news outlet associated with ISIL, claimed "57 Shiites were killed and 75 were wounded" in the bombing.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2018/nov/24/is-claims-suicide-attack-on-marketplace-in-north-pakistan-1902761.html|title=IS claims suicide attack on marketplace in north Pakistan|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=2018-12-02}}{{Cite news|url=https://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFKCN1NT0HU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203055615/https://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFKCN1NT0HU|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-12-03|title=Islamic state claims responsibility for Pakistan market suicide...|work=AF|access-date=2018-12-02|language=en-US}}
See also
References
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Category:2018 murders in Pakistan
Category:21st-century mass murder in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Category:ISIL terrorist incidents in Pakistan
Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2018
Category:Marketplace attacks in Pakistan
Category:November 2018 crimes in Asia
Category:November 2018 in Pakistan
Category:Suicide bombings in 2018
Category:Suicide bombings in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Category:Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2018
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