| Bhai Pheru bus bombing | |
| Location: | Phool Nagar, Pakistan |
| Target: | Bus |
| Date: | 28 April 1996 |
| Time: | 10:30 am local time |
| Type: | bombing |
| Fatalities: | 52 |
| Injuries: | 26 |
| Perpetrators: | foreigners (Pakistani claim)[1] |
| Assailant: | --> |
| Weapons: | Bag bomb |
| Numpart: | --> |
| Dfen: | --> |
The Bhai Pheru bus bombing was a bombing targeting a bus in Bhai Pheru (now Phool Nagar), Pakistan, killing 52 and injuring 26.[2] [3]
On 28 April 1996, a bus picked up passengers at Kot Radha Kishan bus stop in Bhai Pheru. The bus (FDJ 9176) was overcrowded with over 100 passengers on their way to celebrate Eid al-Adha in a 52-seater bus.[4] In the bus, a bomb was placed underneath a seat near the fuel tank of the bus. At 10:30 am local time while the bus was going through the main marketplace in Bhai Pheru the bomb detonated.[5] The detonation of the bomb ruptured the fuel tank of the bus causing a fireball that quickly spread throughout the bus. The bus continued burning for two hours until firefighters from other towns arrived.[6] The bombing killed 52 people and injured 26. [7]