2022 Peshawar mosque attack

2022 Peshawar mosque attack
Part of the persecution of Shias by the Islamic State and the insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
An ambulance at the mosque after the attack
Location34°00′21.5″N 71°34′13.0″E / 34.005972°N 71.570278°E / 34.005972; 71.570278
Masjid Asna-e-Ashri, Qissa Khwani Bazaar, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Date4 March 2022 (2022-03-04) (4 years ago)
TargetThe Kucha Risaldar Shia mosque
Attack type
Shooting, suicide bombing
Deaths63 (including the perpetrator)
Injured196
Perpetrators Islamic State – Khorasan Province
AssailantAbdurakhoan Boboev
MotiveAnti-Shi'ism

On 4 March 2022, the Islamic State – Khorasan Province attacked a Shia mosque at Qissa Khwani Bazaar in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The suicide attack, carried out by an Afghan man who was a long-term resident of Pakistan, killed at least 63 people and injured another 196. The Islamist terror group Islamic State – Khorasan Province claimed responsibility for the attack.