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Terrorism-related Incidents in Quetta - 2010

 

Date

Incident

1

January 5

The Rockets targeted the Balochistan Governor House and provincial Civil Hospital in Quetta, injuring one person, in the night. Police said one rocket, which landed on the lawn of the Governor House, failed to explode. The rocket had been fired from an unknown location. The bomb disposal squad defused the rocket. The Police said another rocket fired from an unknown place hit the wall of the Civil Hospital. Its splinters hit and injured one person. The rocket exploded with a big bang, smashing windowpanes of some wards of the hospital.

2

January 16

Two Punjabi settlers were killed in Ghosiabad Police Station area in the Satellite Town area of Quetta. The victims were standing on a road when unidentified armed motorcyclists opened fire at them. As a result, Malik Ifthakar died on the spot, while Malik Tahir succumbed to his injury in Hospital.

3
February 6

Ten persons, including one FC personnel, were injured in a bomb blast at the Imdad Chowk on Jinnah Road in Quetta of Balochistan.

4
February 9

At least four persons including two children were injured in a bomb explosion in Gahi Khan Chowk area of Quetta, capital of Balochistan. Police said unknown militants hurled a hand-held bomb at a shop which left four people injured.

5
February 13

A student of Iqra University Karachi was killed, while another was injured in an ambush on the RCD Highway near Mangochar in Kalat of Balochistan. Police sources said the students identified as Muhammad Ali and Muhammad Yousuf, residents of Alamdar Road, Quetta were travelling to Karachi in a car when unidentified armed men fired at their vehicle. Ali died immediately and Yousuf sustained serious injuries.

6
February 14

Two bomb blasts occurred on a railway track in the Sariab area of Quetta in Balochistan. The blasts damaged the railway track, but no casualties were reported.

7
February 16

A powerful bomb blast destroyed a house situated along Rehman Kewal Road in Quetta. Police said that the building was being used by militants. However, causalities were reported. Deputy Superintendent of Police Chaman Zia Mandokhail said that Police recovered five suicide jackets, dozens of bomb fuses and wires from the house.

8
February 17

Unidentified militants shot dead a journalist, identified as Hameed Marwat, at the Sariab Road in Quetta.

9
March 08

A gunman was shot dead by the Police in the Kashmirabad area near Sariab Road in Quetta.

10
March 12

Four persons were injured during an explosion in Sariab Road area of Quetta in Balochistan.

11
March 14

Unidentified assailants tried to blow up a SF vehicle, carrying Law Enforcement Agency personnel, at the Hazarganji Road in Quetta.

12
March 17

Four officials of the Balochistan FC were injured in a hand grenade blast followed by firing on their vehicle at Brewery Road in Quetta, while one of the militants was also killed.

13
March 17

One person was killed in an explosion in a house in the Chalobawri area of Quetta.

14
March 18

One Policeman was shot dead, while four others sustained injuries in an attack at Quetta in Balochistan.

15
March 18

Unidentified militants shot dead a security guard in the Sariab area of Quetta.

16
March 21

A remote-controlled bomb attached to a bicycle killed three persons, including two Policemen, and injured 14 others on Kawari Road in Quetta.

17
March 21

Unidentified militants hurled a hand grenade at a grid station located in the Sariab area of Quetta.

18
March 22

A roadside bomb killed one person and injured three others near a busy intersection in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan. The bomb was planted beside a rickshaw, Deputy Inspector General (Operations) Hamid Shakil said.

19
March 22

A renowned educationist Professor Fazal Bari was shot dead by the BLA in Quetta. Professor Bari, Principal of the Tamir-i-Nau Public Model school and a former chairman of the Balochistan Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, was going to the school when the unidentified assailants on a motorcycle opened fire at his car near Bhosa Mandi, killing him on the spot and injuring his driver Abdul Sattar. The BLA claimed responsibility for the attack. Meerik Baloch, a spokesman for BLA, calling from an unspecified place, said that the BLA had organised the murder.

20
April 5

The unidentified militants shot dead a senior official of the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) in the Satellite Town Police area of Quetta.

21
April 7

Unidentified assailants opened fire and seriously injured a Police official at the Qambrani Road in Quetta.

22
April 16

A suicide bomber blew himself up in an attack inside civil hospital in Quetta, killing 11 persons and injuring 35 others. Among the killed was a private television cameraman, Malik Arif, and Senior Police Officials while out of 35 injured, least four reporters and a local parliamentarian were injured. The LeJ claimed responsibility of the suicide attack.

23
April 27

A female professor of Balochistan University, Nazima Talib, was shot dead in Quetta. A spokesman for the BLA claimed responsibility for Nazima's killing. He told reporters on phone that it was a reaction to the killing of two Baloch women and torture of women political workers.

24
April 29

Four persons were injured in Quetta as a result of multiple rocket fire by unidentified militants. According to the Police, four rockets fired from an unidentified location landed in various areas of the provincial capital.

25
May 1

Six people, including a DSP, were injured when a bomb went off on Qambrani Road of Quetta. Sources said the bomb blast occurred when a Police party was patrolling the Qambrani Road as part of beefed up security measures.

26
May 6

Three NBP officials were abducted by unidentified militants near the Bhagnari area of Quetta in Balochistan. Police sources said NBP Manager Abdul Ghafar Umrani along with his two colleagues Naubat Khan Abro and Abdul Rauf Khosa were on their way to Dera Murad Jamali when unidentified armed men intercepted their vehicle and abducted them.

27
May 8

A lecturer of Quetta Agriculture College was found dead in the Rahim Colony area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

28
May 17

Six persons, including three Policemen and three BDS officials, were injured in an explosion in Kaichi Beig area of Saryab in Quetta.

29
May 19

Six security personnel were injured in a rocket-cum-bomb attack in Quetta of Balochistan.

30
May 19

Unidentified militants planted a remote-controlled bomb at Saryab Road near Moosa Colony in Quetta, which was detonated when a vehicle of the FC passed by. However no one was injured in the attack.

31
May 24

Two persons were killed and 15 others injured in a bomb explosion at the Airport Road in Quetta in Balochistan in a suspected sectarian attack.

32
May 24

The BDS found and defused three explosive devices planted at the Provincial Excise and Taxation Headquarters in Quetta.

33
May 28

Unidentified militants killed four Policemen in Satellite Town area of Quetta in Balochistan. LeJ claimed responsibility for the attack.

34
May 31

Unidentified assailants shot dead a prayer leader and his companion at Taughi Road near Mezan Chowk in Quetta of Balochistan.

35
June 6

A Policeman, Atta Muhammad, was injured when unidentified militants fired a rocket at a Police vehicle near Sonakhan checkpost on Saryab Road in Quetta of Balochistan.

36
June 8

A Hindu rice trader, Hamesh Kumar, was shot dead as he resisted the abduction of his son, in Quetta in Balochistan.

37
June 12

Two persons were shot dead by unidentified assailants at Kili Bangulzai area of Quetta in Balochistan. The victims were identified as Umer Farooq and Abdul Rauf.

38
June 12

Four people, including a Police Constable, were injured in a hand grenade attack on the District's Fatima Jinnah Road.

39
June 14

Two persons were injured when unidentified assailants opened fire in Quetta and Jhal Magsi.

40
June 15

Unidentified armed motorcyclists hurled a hand grenade at a barbershop in the Kili Almo area of Quetta injuring three persons.

41
June 15

An under construction building of the Levies was completely destroyed in a rocket attack in Besima area of Quetta. Four Levies personnel were injured in the explosion.

42
June 17

A woman was injured when unidentified men hurled a hand grenade at a house in Aminabad Street at the Brewery Road in Quetta.

43
June 20

Two persons were killed and another injured when unidentified assailants opened fire at them on Art School Road in Quetta in Balochistan. The deceased were identified as Hasnain Ali and Shuja Ali.

44
June 20

An Army official was killed and 13 others, including seven army men, were injured in a roadside bomb explosion targeting a military convoy. The deceased was identified as Deedar Ali.

45
June 23

Two persons, identified as Farooq and Asad, were shot dead by unidentified assailants in Quetta in Balochistan. A 15-year-old passer-by was also injured in the attack.

46
June 25

A person was abducted from Musa Colony in Quetta in Balochistan. According to details, unidentified armed men, travelling in a car, took Fazal Muhammad hostage at gunpoint and fled.

47
July 1

Two young sisters were killed and another boy suffered multiple injuries in a grenade attack on their residence on Saryab Road in Quetta in the night.

48
July 1

Five persons were injured in three rocket attacks in Quetta. Sources said the first rocket was fired from an undisclosed location, which landed and exploded in the courtyard of Muhammad Tayab's house located in Shahbaz Town Phase III. The second rocket hit Muhammad Saeed's house at the Zarghoon Road destroying its roof. The third rocket exploded in the open in Musa Colony at Saryab Road without causing any damage and casualty.

49
July 2

Unidentified assailants killed a Shia scholar, Ali Muhammad, in a suspected sectarian attack in Saryab area of Quetta in Balochistan.

50
July 5

Four persons, including a Levies Force official, were killed and another four injured in separate incidents in Balochistan.

51
July 5

Unidentified militants killed an elder of the Jatoi tribe and a passer-by on the Qambrani Road in Quetta.

52

July 11

A person, Ghulam Sakhi, was killed in the Spin Karez area after being abducted from the outskirts of Quetta on July 7.

53

July 11

Unidentified militants abducted two personnel of a law enforcement agency from Quetta. According to sources, Asif and Tahir were travelling from the Hazarganji area to Quetta when unidentified militants, travelling in a car, abducted them and fled.

54

July 14

Habib Jalib Baloch, a former member of the Senate and Secretary General of the Balochistan National Party (Mengal Group) was killed by unidentified assailants in Quetta city.

55

July 15

Unidentified militants opened fire on four NATO-supply containers in Mach locality of Bolan tehsil in Quetta of Balochistan in the night, setting them ablaze.

56

July 22

A person was injured when unidentified assailants opened fire on him at Esanagri in Quetta in Balochistan. Police said unidentified assailants opened fire on Naseebullah, a resident of Pishin, leaving him critically injured.

57

July 25

One person was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Sariab Road in Quetta. The deceased was identified as Faqir Mohammad Bangulzai.

58

July 25

One person was wounded when unidentified persons lobbed a hand grenade at a house in Kili Baro area.

59

July 26

One person was injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire on him in Kashmirabad area of Quetta.

60

July 26

Two bodies were found on the Qambrani Road in Quetta. The deceased were identified as Ashfaq Mengal, and Farooq Mulazai.

61

July 29

One person was killed while another was seriously injured in Quetta in Balochistan.

62

July 29

Unidentified attackers threw a hand grenade in the house of Wasif Siraj, a Government employee in Railway Housing Scheme on Brewery Road.

63

July 30

A Police constable was shot dead near Barech Market at the Sirki Road in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

64

July 30

A NATO oil tanker was attacked in the Western Bypass area of Quetta. Police officials said unidentified assailants attached an IED to the tanker.

65

July 31

Six people, including a woman and four Police officials, were injured when unidentified assailants fired on a Police van in the Killi Tarka area of Spiny Road in Quetta of Balochistan in the morning.

66
August 3

A prominent trader was injured and his driver killed when unidentified assailants opened fire on them in Satellite town area of Quetta in Balochistan in the night.

67
August 5

One person was killed and another injured, when unidentified assailants opened fire on a NATO oil tanker at Airport Road in the suburbs of Quetta.

68
August 9

Unidentified assailant shot dead one Levies official, Juma Khan Jattak, in Killi Barozai area of Qambarani Road in Quetta of Balochistan.

69
August 10

Rawal Khan Mohammad Hasni, an elder of Mohammad Hasni tribe, was shot dead by unidentified armed assailants near his house at Brewery road in Quetta.

70
August 13

Three Police personnel were killed when unidentified assailants opened fire on them at a checkpost near Chaki Shawani area of Saryab in Quetta of Balochistan.

71
August 13

Unidentified militants opened fire on a local transporter Lehri and his companion when they were travelling on Saryab Road near the Quetta Degree College. Consequently, the two and a passerby, Wajid, received injuries. Later, Lehri and Wajid succumbed to their injuries.

72
August 13

Unidentified armed militants opened fire at a barbershop in Ghousabad area of Satellite Town in Quetta, killing the barber Mohammad Rafiq.

73
August 13

A rocket which was fired from unspecified location landed on Masoom Shah Street close to the residence of Balochistan Home Secretary Akbar Hussein Durrani next to the Chief Minister's Secretariat in Quetta. A Constable, identified as Lal Mohammad, and a six-year-old passerby Mohammad Umer were wounded in the attack. Another rocket hit a house owned by Haji Majeed, situated on Prince Road. The structure was partially damaged in the rocket attack. One more rocket landed at the Jaffria Imambarghah situated on McCaughey Road. However, the rocket failed to explode and no injuries were reported.

74
August 14

Unidentified assailants singled out Punjabi passengers travelling on a bus, killing 10 and injuring five others near the provincial metropolis.

Six Punjabi speaking persons were shot dead by assailants riding motorcycle when they were going home from work in Khilji Colony of Quetta in Balochistan.

75
August 17

Haji Azeem, an excise inspector, was on his way home when some unidentified assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on him near Qambrani Road in Quetta.

76
August 19

Two officials of the IB and the FC respectively were shot dead on the RCD Highway near Mastung, around 50 kilometres from Quetta.

77

August 26

An oil tanker, carrying fuel for NATO forces was coming from Karachi when unidentified assailants opened fire on it on the RCD Highway near Lak Pass area of Quetta. However, no casualty was reported.

78
September 3

At least 65 persons were killed while over 191 others were injured after a suicide bomber blew himself up amidst participants of a rally held to mark the Al-Quds Day in Mezan Chowk of Quetta.

79
September 4

A shopkeeper, Mohammad Younus, was killed in a failed abduction bid by unidentified militants at the Saryab Road in Quetta of Balochistan.

80
September 5

A powerful blast in the basement of Shalimar Shopping Plaza of Liaquat Bazaar in Quetta in the afternoon, creating panic among people shopping for Eid.

81
September 6

The bullet-riddled dead body of an abducted lawyer, Zaman Marri, was recovered from Mastung in Balochistan. Zaman was abducted by unidentified militants from Jinnah Road of Quetta when he was returning home from his office on July 19.

82
September 9

Balochistan Finance Minister Mir Asim Kurd had a narrow escape when a suicide bomber detonated himself inside the minister's residence in Quetta, killing five persons and injuring four others.

83
September 26

At least four persons, including three children, injured in a hand grenade attack at Chaki Shawani area in Quetta of Balochistan.

84
October 1

Four persons, including three personnel of Balochistan Constabulary, were injured in an incident of firing on Saryab Road in Quetta.

85
October 6

Unidentified militants set ablaze more than 20 NATO supply trucks heading for Afghanistan near the Akhtarabad terminal in Quetta of Balochistan in the morning.

86
October 12

A Police van of the Shalkot Police Station, patrolling the western bypass on the outskirts of Quetta, was damaged in a remote controlled blast.

87
October 14

A child suffered splinter wounds in a hand grenade attack at the residence of one Nadeem Isahqzai in Ferozabad area of Sayrab in Quetta of Balochistan.

88

October 18

A NATO tanker was travelling from Karachi to Kandahar when unidentified militants on a motorcycle set it ablaze in Akhtarabad in Western Bypass in Quetta.

89
October 27

A constable and a passerby were killed and 11 other injured as Police van blown up in Sariab area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

90
October 28

Four Shia persons were shot dead by unidentified assailants in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

91
October 29

A NATO tanker comes under attack in the Mangochar area, 20 kilometres south of Quetta.

92
November 17

Unidentified militants blew up a gas pipeline in a building near Meezan Chowk area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

93
November 20

A rocket fired from unspecified location exploded on the roof of a house in Baloch Colony situated on Brewery Road of Quetta.

94
November 20

The pylon of the 220KV main Quetta-Sibi transmission line supplying power to Quetta and 13 other Districts was destroyed after heavy explosives placed under it were detonated, Quetta Electricity Supply Company sources said.

95
December 7

10 persons, including five Policemen, were injured when a suicide bomber in an attempt to attack the Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani blew himself up at the Railway level crossing on Saryab road of Quetta in Balochistan.

96
December 9

Police Constable, Mohammad Iqbal, who was injured in the suicide attack on the Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani's convoy in Quetta on December 7, succumbed to his injuries, raising the death toll to two.

97

December 15

Three persons, including two brothers and a child, were shot dead and another sustained bullet injures in an incident of sectarian attack on Arbab Karam Khan Road in Quetta.

98

December 15

Unidentified assailants riding a motorcycle shot dead one Barkat Ali at the Kirani road of Quetta and managed to escape.

99
December 22

Two persons were killed in an incident of firing on Saryab Road of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

100
December 22

FC personnel arrested Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) chief, Shahzain Bugti, along with his 27 personal guards at the Buleli checkpost in Balochistan and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition from his motorcade.

101
December 24

A sub-inspector was killed and five others were injured in a remote-controlled bomb attack on Qambrani Road of Quetta in Balochistan.

102
December 26

Two dead bodies found from Qambrani Road under Shalkot Police Station in Quetta. They were identified as Zubair Sarpara and Tariq of Quetta from the paper found from their pockets.


Note:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.

 

 

 

 

 
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