2007 Charsadda mosque bombing

On 21 December 2007, at least 50 people were killed and 100 others injured by a suicide bombing in Charsadda District, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan.^[1] The bomber detonated his explosives in a mosque in the residential compound of Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, where prayers for Eid al-Adha were being conducted.^[1] Sherpao was among the 1,000 people in the mosque at the time, but was not injured.^[1] The bomb contained around seven kilograms of explosive as well as nails and ball bearings.^[1]

2007 Charsadda mosque bombing
Part of Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Location of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan
Location	Charsadda District, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan
Date	21 December 2007
Target	Mosque
Attack type	Suicide bombings
Weapons	Explosive belts
Deaths	50
Injured	100
Perpetrator	Unknown

Charsadda suffered major insurgent attacks in April 2007, February 2008, May 2011, January 2016 and February 2017.

See also

• Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2007