Attempted assassination of Dick Cheney
| Attempted assassination of Dick Cheney | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bagram, Afghanistan |
| Date | February 27, 2007 10 A.M (GMT+4:30 Kabul (UTC)) |
| Target | Bagram Air Base Vice President Dick Cheney |
Attack type | suicide attack, assassination attempt |
| Deaths | 23 |
| Injured | 20 |
| Perpetrators | Taliban al-Qaeda |
The attempted assassination of Dick Cheney was a 2007 suicide attack that killed up to 23 people and injured 20 more at the Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, while Dick Cheney, the Vice President of the United States, was visiting. The attack occurred inside one of the security gates surrounding the heavily guarded base 60 km north of Kabul. In 2007, Bagram was the main US airbase in Afghanistan.
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