2008 Danish embassy bombing in Islamabad
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The 2008 Danish embassy bombing was an attack on the Danish embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan on 2 June 2008. The suspected suicide car bombing in the parking lot of the embassy took place at around 12:10 pm (UTC+5), killing at least six and wounding many more. The Danish national security intelligence agency PET concluded that al-Qaeda was behind the attack.[2] Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attack on 5 June 2008. The attack was confirmed to be an answer to the reprinting of Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten's Muhammed cartoons in February 2006, as well as the presence of Danish troops in Afghanistan.[3][4]
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2008 Danish embassy bombing | |
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Part of Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy | |
Location | Islamabad, Pakistan |
Coordinates | 33.732188°N 73.067552°E / 33.732188; 73.067552 |
Date | 2 June 2008 (2008-06-02) 12:10 (UTC+5) |
Target | Danish Embassy |
Attack type | Suicide car bomb |
Deaths | 3 policemen 3 employees 1 bomber |
Injured | 24[1] |
Perpetrator | al-Qaeda |
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