In which country was the suicide bombing which started Operation Ghazi?
February 2017 Lahore suicide bombing On 13 February 2017, a suicide bombing took place on the Mall Road in Lahore, Pakistan, where a group of chemists and pharmacists were holding a protest at Charing Cross in front of the Punjab provincial assembly. According to Punjab Police sources, 18 people were killed including several police officials, and at least 87 were injured.
Abu Ghadiya Abu Ghadiya (Arabic: أبو غادية‎ ‎ ), born Badran Turki Hishan al-Mazidi (Arabic: بدران تركي هيشان المزيدي‎ ‎ ) sometime between 1977-1979 in Mosul, was a Sunni militant active with al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). He was primarily involved in the logistics of AQI's effort in Iraq and assisted in smuggling weapons, money and fighters across the Syria-Iraq border. He was targeted and killed in a cross-border raid conducted by the U.S. military on October 26, 2008.