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28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing
The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing occurred in Peshawar, Pakistan, when a car bomb was detonated in a Mina Bazar (Market for women and children) of the city. The bomb killed 137 people and injured more than 200 others, making it the deadliest attack in Peshawar's history. Pakistani government officials believe the Taliban to be responsible, but both Taliban and Al-Qaeda sources have denied involvement in the attack.
==Bombing==
According to the North West Frontier Province's information minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain, most of the victims were women and children, in the woman-exclusive Peepal Mindi shopping section of Peshawar.〔 The blast originated from a car bomb parked outside of the city's ''Meena Bazar''. The bomb was said to contain of explosives, according to bomb squad worker Shafqatullah Malik.〔 The blast caused widespread fires among stores selling flammable fabrics, which caused further damage and casualties; the bomb was stated to be the deadliest since the 2007 Karachi bombing, and the worst in Peshawar's history.〔 The death toll was expected to rise, from an original estimate of 90,〔 as rescuers and civilians sifted through the rubble of a four-story building that was collapsed by the blast;〔 the explosion also collapsed a mosque and damaged four other four-story buildings.〔 〕 Among the dead was a female teacher doing winter shopping for her young children.〔 Many of the wounded were seriously injured and would later succumb to their injuries.〔 According to Mohammad Usman, whose shoulder was wounded, "There was a deafening sound and I was like a blind man for a few minutes... I heard women and children crying and started to help others. There was the smell of human flesh in the air."〔 The location of the bombing, Meena Bazar, usually draws low-income female shoppers.〔 〕
Pakistani authorities believed that the Taliban were responsible for orchestrating the attack,〔〔〔 but the group has denied any involvement.〔 Information minister Hussain stated that the government believed the bombing to be a response to a recent anti-militant operation in South Waziristan.〔
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