2014 Bannu bombing

Terror attack in Pakistan by the Taliban May 2023 May 2023 2014 Bannu Bombing Bannu, Pakistan yes 2014 01 19 Bomb blast 26 38 Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan The 2014 Bannu Bombing was a bombing attack by the Taliban that killed twenty six Pakistani soldiers. Thirty-eight other people were injured as a result of the bombing.Mohammed Ijaz Taliban bomb kills 20 troops in Pakistan https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/01/19/bomb-troops-pakistan-qaeda/4646397/ USA Today 20 January 2014 History The bomb was first placed in an eighteen-seater van. The bomb then hit an army convoy which killed many Pakistani soldiers. The vehicle where many of the soldiers were was being rented by the Frontier Corps. The vehicle was traveling to Razmak, in North Waziristan. The bomb exploded at an army checkpoint. Fifteen of the twenty security officers that were injured were taken to the Bannu Combined Military Hospital in critical condition.Tragedy: Bannu blast toll rises to 26 21 January 2014 http://tribune.com.pk/story/661342/tragedy-bannu-blast-toll-rises-to-26/ The Express Tribune 21 January 2014Death toll reaches 26 as six more soldiers die https://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-7-227654-Death-toll-reaches-26-as-six-more-soldiers-die The News International 21 January 2014 Reaction According to TTP spokesman Shahidullah Shahid, "The bombing was carried out to (avenge) the killing of Maulana Waliur Rehman, commander of TTP South Waziristan, who was killed on May 29, 2013, in a U.S. drone strike in Miranshah." The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, canceled a trip to Davos, Switzerland that he had planned.Saifi Sophia 22 killed in blast at Pakistani army checkpoint; Taliban claim responsibility 19 January 2014 https://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/19/world/asia/pakistan-blast/index.html?hpt=hp_inthenews CNN 20 January 2014 Retaliation As a result of the bombing, helicopters operated by the Pakistan Army fired missiles, resulting in the deaths of three militants and two children. The helicopters fired at a road in the village of Musaki.Army Retaliates Over Bannu Bombing 20 January 2014 http://newsweekpakistan.com/army-retaliates-over-bannu-bombing/ Newsweek Pakistan 21 January 2014 References Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Category:21st-century mass murders in Pakistan Category:Attacks in Pakistan in 2014 Category:History of Bannu Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2014 Category:Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2014 Category:2014 mass murders Category:Car and truck bombings in Pakistan Category:Massacres in Pakistan Category:Crime in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Category:Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan attacks Category:2014 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa