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Pearl Continental hotel bombing
| Pearl Continental hotel bombing | |
|---|---|
| Location | Peshawar, Pakistan |
| Date | 9 June 2009 |
Attack type | bombing, shooting |
| Deaths | 17[1] |
| Injured | 46 |
| Perpetrators | Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan[2] |
The Pearl Continental hotel bombing occurred on 9 June 2009 in Peshawar, Pakistan, in which 17 people were killed and at least 46 people injured. The blast occurred at the five-star Pearl Continental hotel in the city. The force of the explosion caused the hotel to partially collapse.[3] Gunman also attacked the hotel, firing several shots at survivors. The United States had planned to purchase this hotel to convert it to a consulate.[4][5]
Malik Naveed, a provincial police chief, stated that at least 11 people had died but that the death toll was likely to rise.[6] At least 46 others have been injured.[6] Other sources gave tolls of 16[7] and 18.[8] It was further reported on 10 June that the official death toll had reached 17 as six more bodies were recovered from the debris of the damaged portion of the hotel.[1]
- ^ a b Manzoor Ali Shah. "Peshawar PC blast death toll reaches 17" Daily Times, 11 June 2009
- ^ "Backers mourn cleric; Taliban claim fatal attacks - Yahoo! News". Archived from the original on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ "Pakistan hotel shattered by blast". BBC News. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ Pakistan: Massive hotel bomb further erodes security, The Christian Science Monitor, 2009-06-09
- ^ Suicide bomber attacks Pakistani hotel U.S. was to buy, The Miami Herald, 2009-06-09
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Pakistan hotel explosion kills 11was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Death toll rises in Peshawar luxury hotel suicide blast[dead link]
- ^ "Search for Pakistan blast victims". 10 June 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
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