10/25/2010 - Milk Container Bomb - Pakpattan, Pakistan

Date: October 25th, 2010
Method:
Bomb, disguised as milk container
Location:
The Baba Farid Shrine in Pakpattan, Pakistan
Death Toll: 6
Injury Toll: 20
Perpetrators:
Unconfirmed (Suspected Taliban)

Wire Update
reports:

The blast happened shortly before dawn, at around 6.30 a.m. local time, at the eastern gate of the Baba Farid Shrine when two men on a motorcycle dropped off a milk container near the gate. Moments later the container exploded, creating a huge ball of fire.
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Monday’s blast is the third major attack on a shrine in Pakistan over the past four months. On July 1, at least 40 people were killed and more than 170 others were injured during an attack at the Datta Darbar Shrine in Lahore. Another attack happened at the Abdullah Shah Ghazi Shrine in Karachi, killing 14 people and injuring more than 70 others.

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