2008 Danish embassy bombing in Islamabad
The 2008 Danish embassy bombing was an attack on the Danish embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan on 2 June 2008. The suspected suicide car bombing in the parking lot of the embassy took place at around 12:10 pm (UTC+5), killing at least six and wounding many more. The Danish national security intelligence agency PET concluded that al-Qaeda was behind the attack. Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attack on 5 June 2008. The attack was confirmed to be an answer to the reprinting of Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten's Muhammed cartoons in February 2006, as well as the presence of Danish troops in Afghanistan.
| 2008 Danish embassy bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy | |
Damage done to the embassy as reported by TV 2 News in Denmark | |
| Location | Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Coordinates | 33.732188°N 73.067552°E |
| Date | 2 June 2008 12:10 (UTC+5) |
| Target | Danish Embassy |
Attack type | Suicide car bomb |
| Deaths | 3 policemen 3 employees 1 bomber |
| Injured | 24 |
| Perpetrator | al-Qaeda |
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