Terror Attack Catalogue

Date: April 17th, 2010
Method: Twin Suicide Bombers
Location: Refugee Camp Kachcha Pakka in Kohat, Pakistan (In the North West Frontier Province)
Death Toll: 41
Injury Toll: 62
Perpetrators: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi

The Press Associated reports:

Two suicide bombers dressed in burqas have killed 41 people and wounded 62 others in an attack on a camp for refugees fleeing military offensives in north-western Pakistan.
The United Nations said it was temporarily suspending its programmes helping displaced people in Kohat and neighbouring Hangu as a result of the bombings.
The blasts occurred at a food distribution point, but there were conflicting reports whether the victims were lining up for food or being registered. The camp in the Kohat region is sometimes used by foreign humanitarian groups, including the World Food Programme, to deliver aid.
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The camp was for people who fled from the Orakzai district, where the army has been fighting militants since the end of last year.

A dreaded militant organisation of Punjabi Taliban, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Al-Alami, has claimed responsibility for the two consecutive suicide attacks in Kohat.

“We claim responsibility for the two Fidayee (suicide) attacks in Kohat. The Shia community was in fact our target that our two Fidayeen (suicide bombers) achieved,” explained a caller, who introduced himself as Usman Haider, a spokesman for the outlawed outfit.