Mian Channu school house bombing
| Mian Channu school house bombing | |
|---|---|
 Punjab (Pakistan) | |
| Location |
Mian Channu, Punjab,  Pakistan |
| Date |
July 13, 2009 Around 9 am |
Attack type | School bombing, mass murder, terrorism |
| Weapons | IED |
| Deaths | 12+ |
Non-fatal injuries | 60 |
The Mian Channu school house bombing occurred on 13 July 2009 when at least 12 people including 8 children died, in the city of Mian Channu, Pakistan after an explosion in a school.[1][2]
Explosion
The blast happened in a school house used to teach Qur'an to the children.[3] The blast took place soon after a class was completed at about 9 am and the students were leaving the house.[4] Forty other houses were destroyed and 60 people were injured.[5] The house was owned by Riaz Ahmad Kamboh a religious teacher.[4] The blast left a crater 40 feet wide and 8 feet deep.[1] After the blast a steel box containing audio tapes of sermons by clerics belonging to Lashkar-e-Jhangvi was recovered from the house. It appeared that the house was also being used as an ammunition dump. According to the police small rockets and missiles propelled by shoulder-fired launchers were among the other material recovered from the site.[1] It was theorized that the blast was accidental.[6]
Aftermath
Prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani condemned the blast and ordered an enquiry into the explosion.[7] Subsequently the police filed an FIR against three including Riaz in connection with this explosion.[8] It was reported that Riaz Kamboh was recruiting fighters for Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan and was an expert at making suicide vests.[9]
See also
- Mian Channu
- Punjab (Pakistan)
- Pakistan
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Deadly blast in Pakistani village". BBC News. 13 July 2009.
- ↑ Blast in Pakistan Kills Seven Children Studying Koran, Bloomberg L.P., 2009-07-13
- ↑ The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/13/AR2009071300102.html. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 Blast kills twelve in Mian Channu, Dawn, 2009-07-14
- ↑ "Explosion kills 11 in Pakistan". CNN. 14 July 2009.
- ↑ Blast in Pakistan Islamic school, Al Jazeera English, 2009-07-13
- ↑ PM Gilani condemns explosion at Mian Channu, seeks immediate report, The Nation, 2009-07-13. Accessed 2009-07-18. Archived 2009-07-30.
- ↑ FIR registered against 3 in Mian Channu blast, Daily Times, 2009-07-15. Accessed 2009-07-18. Archived 2009-07-30.
- ↑ Interrogation of suspect leads to more arrests, The News International, 2009-07-15. Accessed 2009-07-18. Archived 2009-07-30.