Ippi shooting

{{Short description|Mass shooting in Pakistan}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}

{{Infobox civilian attack

| title = Ippi shooting

| location = Ippi, North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

| date = 22 February 2021

| time = 9:30am (04:30 GMT)

| partof = the insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

| image = File:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan (claims hatched).svg

| caption = Location of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan

| target = Aid workers

| type = Mass shooting

| weapons = Guns

| fatalities = 4

| injuries = 1

| perpetrator = Unknown

}}

{{Campaignbox Waziristan}}

{{Pakistan terrorist attacks}}

The Ippi shooting was a mass shooting on 22 February 2021 in North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.{{cite news|last=Hashim|first=Asad|date=22 February 2021|title=Pakistani female aid workers shot dead by assailants|publisher=Al Jazeera English|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/22/pakistan-women-aid-workers-shot-dead-by-assailants|url-status=live|access-date=25 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223113416/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/22/pakistan-women-aid-workers-shot-dead-by-assailants|archive-date=23 February 2021}}

Shooting

On 22 February 2021, four female aid workers were inside a car when two gunmen on a motorcycle shot them dead in Ippi village, North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northwest Pakistan.{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1608782|title=Gunmen kill four female aid workers in North Waziristan|work=Dawn|agency=Agence France-Presse|date=22 February 2021|access-date=25 February 2021}}{{cite news|date=22 February 2021|title=Terrorist involved in killing of women NGO workers killed in NW IBO|work=The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2285769/terrorist-involved-in-killing-of-women-ngo-workers-killed-in-nw-ibo|url-status=live|access-date=25 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223160821/https://tribune.com.pk/story/2285769/terrorist-involved-in-killing-of-women-ngo-workers-killed-in-nw-ibo|archive-date=23 February 2021}} Four women were killed, and the driver was injured in the attack.{{cite news|date=22 February 2021|title=Pakistan: gunmen on motorcycles kill four female aid workers|work=The Guardian|agency=Associated Press|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/22/pakistan-gunmen-on-motorcycles-kill-four-female-aid-workers|url-status=live|access-date=25 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223182720/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/22/pakistan-gunmen-on-motorcycles-kill-four-female-aid-workers|archive-date=23 February 2021}}{{cite news|last=ur-Rehman|first=Zia|date=22 February 2021|title=4 Aid Workers Are Shot Dead in Pakistan|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/world/asia/pakistan-aid-workers-killed.html|url-status=live|url-access=limited|access-date=25 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224063608/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/world/asia/pakistan-aid-workers-killed.html|archive-date=24 February 2021}}

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