Peshawar church bombing
| Peshawar church bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| Location | Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
| Coordinates | 34°00′19″N 71°34′16″E / 34.0053°N 71.5712°E |
| Date | 22 September 2013 |
| Target | Christians |
Attack type | Suicide bombings, Islamic terrorism, mass murder, religious hate crime |
| Weapons | Suicide belts |
| Deaths | 127 |
| Injured | 250 |
| Perpetrators | Jundul Hafsa |
| Assailants | 2 suicide bombers |
| Motive | Anti-Christian sentiment |
On 22 September 2013, a twin suicide bombing took place at All Saints Church in Peshawar, Pakistan, in which 127 people were killed and more than 250 injured. It was the deadliest attack on the Christian minority in the history of Pakistan.