April 2010 Kohat bombings

April 17 The bombings happened at the Kacha Pukha camp, set up for internally displaced persons that had fled the Orakzai tribal area in north-west Pakistan near the Afghanistan border. queued to register for aid at the camp. The suicide bombers were reported to be wearing burqas, and having set off their bombs within minutes of each other. April 18 The next day another suicide bomber attacked a police station in response to military operations in Kohat killing 7 and wounding 21. The police chief of Kohat, Dilawar Khan Bangash, said: "It was a suicide attack. The target was a police station. The bomber exploded his vehicle on the back side of the police station. These incidents are a reaction to the military operation in the tribal areas." ==Responsibility==

A Sunni militant organisation, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi has claimed responsibility. ==Response==

In the aftermath of the bombings, the United Nations temporarily suspended operations assisting refugees in the Kohat region. There are more than 200,000 internally displaced persons in the area of the incident. Pakistan's Defence Minister, Ahmad Mukhtar, called the attacks "highly barbaric and cowardly." ==See also==