page_title: 2008 Peshawar bombings
section_title: December 2008 Peshawar bombing
hierarchical_section_title: 2008 Peshawar bombings / December 2008 Peshawar bombing
caption_attribution_description: English: Location of North-West Frontier Province in Pakistan Français&#160;: Situation de la Province de la Frontière du Nord-Ouest
context_page_description: The September 2008 Peshawar bombing was a bombing that occurred on 6 September 2008, in the outskirts of Peshawar, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan. A suicide bomber blew up at a police checkpoint, killing 35 and injuring 70. The explosives-packed pick-up truck blasted a crater 3-foot-deep crater and caused some buildings in a nearby market to collapse, leading to frantic rescue efforts.
context_section_description: The December 2008 Peshawar bombing was a bombing that occurred on 5 December 2008 in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing 29 people and injuring over 100 others. Local police chief Naveed Khan suggested that chemicals intended to increase the spread of fire were contained in the bomb.
  The attack destroyed a hotel and a mosque, and set fire to several shops.
caption: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province shown within Pakistan
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