| February 2010 Lower Dir bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of War in North-West Pakistan | |
 Location of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan | |
| Location | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
| Date | 3 February 2010 |
| Target | Girls' school |
| Attack type | Suicide school bombing, Mass murder, terrorism |
| Deaths | 8 |
| Injured | at least 70 |
| Perpetrators | Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan |
The February 2010 Lower Dir bombing was a suicide bombing in the Lower Dir District area of Pakistan on 3 February 2010. At least 8 people, including three American soldiers, died. Three schoolgirls were among the dead. Another 70 people, including 63 schoolgirls, were among the injured.
Attack
The soldiers were travelling in a convoy and headed for the inauguration of a girls' school. They were part of a contingent of approximately 70 soldiers training Pakistani soldiers in counter-insurgency. The bomb went off near another girls' school in the village of Koto along the way. The Koto Girls High School was flattened, leaving the girls crying under the rubble. The American soldiers were helping train the Pakistan Frontier Corps.
Aftermath
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the bombing. They claimed that the attack was in retaliation for the October 2008 attack by Blackwater Worldwide in Peshawar. Pakistan arrested 35 people in connection with this bombing. However, a backlash against U.S. troop presence in Pakistan did not happen against some analysts' predictions.
See also
References
- ^ Pakistan blast kills US soldiers, BBC, 2010-02-03
- eight including three U.S. Marines killed in Pakistani bomb attack, Xinhua News Agency, 2010-02-03
- ^ US troop presence in Pakistan meets surprisingly muted response, The Christian Science Monitor, 2010-02-04
- Three U.S. soldiers die in Pakistan blast, CNN, 2010-02-03
- Pakistani Taliban claim bombing that killed 3 Americans, CNN, 2010-02-04
- Pakistan Arrests 35 in U.S. Soldiers’ Deaths, The New York Times, 2010-02-05
External links
 | This Pakistan-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |
- 2010 murders in Pakistan
- Islamic terrorist incidents in 2010
- Mass murder in 2010
- School bombings in Pakistan
- Suicide bombings in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2010
- 21st-century mass murder in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- February 2010 events in Pakistan
- 2010 building bombings
- Building bombings in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Incidents of violence against girls
- Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan attacks
- Violence against women in Pakistan
- 2010 in international relations
- February 2010 crimes in Asia
- Pakistan–United States relations
- Suicide bombings in 2010
- 2010s crimes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- 2010 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Attacks on schools in 2010
- Pakistan stubs