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Terrorism-related Incidents in Quetta - 2011

 

Date

Incident

1

January 2

A SI of BC was shot dead by unidentified assailants in his home in Zarghoon Road area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

2

January 6

A bomb blast on the gas supply line in the Sariab area of Quetta suspended gas supply to many parts of city.

3
January 7

Three persons, travelling in a car, were shot dead by unidentified assailants on Mastung Road near Sheikh Zaid Hospital of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

4
January 8

Police arrested six persons, including two cadres of a banned sectarian outfit, during a raid at the residence of one Mahboob Bareech in the Satellite Township of Quetta.

5
January 15

Three persons, including a senior government official and a woman, were killed in two separate firing incidents in Quetta

7

January 19

A Police Constable, identified as Muhibullah, was shot dead and another sustained bullet injures in Nawa Killi area under Zarghoon Abad Police Station in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

8

January 29

Six civilians and four troopers were injured when a car bomb targeting the SP exploded on Alamdar Road in Quetta of Balochistan by LeJ.

9

January 30

Ten militants were arrested on January 30 in connection with a bombing incident that occurred on January 29 near the residence of a senior Police officer, Shaban Ali in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

10

February 2

A power transmission line tower was slightly damaged in an explosive attack in Kili Qambrani area of Quetta.

11

February 4

Unidentified attackers opened fire at a vehicle carrying five people, who were returning home in Mian Ghundi area of Quetta from Hazarganj. Three of the passengers died on the spot while two sustained serious injuries.

12

February 6

A Hindu man, identified as Rajesh Kumar, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Quetta.

13

February 9

Two brothers were shot dead and two others sustained bullet injuries when unidentified assailants opened fire on them in Shahbaz Town in Quetta, Balochistan. A spokesman of the Baloch Nationalist Liberation Army, Mazarin Baloch, claimed responsibility for the killings.

14

February 13

A bullet-riddled body of a person, identified as Abdul Jabbar, was found from Sabzal road in Quetta.

15

February 15

The Shalkot DSP, Sikandar Tarin, escaped a remote-controlled blast on Mastung Road in new Saryab area, on outskirt of Quetta.

16

February 19

Police foiled a terror bid by defusing two bombs attached with a bridge in Khuchlak, on the outskirts of Quetta.

17

February 21

A truck driver was killed while another person got injuries in a bomb blast that took place in a roadside hotel in Hazar Ganji area on the outskirt of Quetta.

18

February 27

District and Sessions Judge Jan Muhammad Gauhar and Civil Judge Muhammad Ali Kakar and a driver, Peer Shah, were suspected to have been abducted in Bakhtiarabad area of Quetta.

19

March 8

Nilofar Abadan, the wife of a former provincial minister Faridoon Abadan was abducted by unidentified militants in the Quivery road area of Quetta. Faridoon Abadan had been abducted over 10 years ago and remains missing till date.

20

March 18

Three persons, including two brothers, were shot dead by unidentified assailants in Jinnah Town area of Quetta.

21

March 21

The bullet-riddled body of Hameed Shaheen, a former chairman the BSO, was recovered at Sardar Karez area within the jurisdiction of Shalkot Police Station in Quetta.

22

March 23

Three rocket attacks in Quetta left four persons, including a traffic Police inspector dead and 18 others injured.

23

March 23

Three persons, identified as, Mahboob, Usman and Akbar, belonging to the Jhelum District of Punjab province, were injured in a hand grenade attack on a shop in Hazarganji area of Quetta.

24

March 25

A rocket was fired from an unknown location which hit a house in the Satellite Town area of Quetta. No casualty was reported.

25

March 26

A dead body presumed to be that of a 22 –23-year-old-man was recovered near the Killi Almas area of Quetta.

26

March 27

A dead body was recovered from Saryab area of Quetta. However, identity of the victim could not be ascertained.

27

March 28

Unidentified assailants abducted a doctor, Mumtaz Hyderi, near the Golimar intersection on Brewery Road in Quetta.

28

April 1

A bullet-riddled body of a Baloch missing person was recovered in Barech town on Saryab Road of Quetta.

29

April 7

A suicide attack at the house of DIG Investigations, Wazir Nasir Khan, in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan killed two persons, including the bomber and a Police Constable.

30

April 7

A suicide attack at the house of DIG Investigations, Wazir Nasir Khan, in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan killed two persons, including the bomber and a Police Constable.

31

April 9

A police official, identified as Head Constable Javed Iqbal, and another man, Jan Mohammad, were shot dead in Musa Colony of Sariab Road area in Quetta.

32
April 14

Religious leader Maulana Abdul Kabir Qadri Qambrani and a student of his seminary, Dur Khan, were killed and his son and another student were injured in an attack in the Sariab Road area of Quetta.

33
April 19

A bullet-riddled dead body of a doctor, identified as Mumtaz Haider, who was abducted on March 28 was found in Killi Kamalo area on Saryab Road in Quetta.

Suspected militants targeted the offices of two NGO, Tehrik and Mehak with a car bomb, injuring three people, including a Security Guard, on Al-Gilani Street in Quetta.

34
April 21

Unidentified assailants killed a property dealer, identified as Arshid Kurd, in Balochi Street area of Quetta.

35
April 22

A NATO container driver, identified as Khayal Muhammad, was killed by unidentified militants near the Eastern Bypass area of Quetta.

36
May 02

Hundreds took to the streets in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan to pay homage to Osama bin Laden, chanting death to America and setting fire to a US flag, witnesses and organisers said. The participants belonging to a religious party in Quetta were led by Federal Lawmaker Maulavi Asmatullah.

37
May 04

A senior leader of the BNP was shot and critically wounded by unidentified assailants in Quetta. However, no outfit claimed responsibility for the attack.

38
May 06

Unidentified militants today fired rockets on a group of Shia Muslims in Quetta, killing at least eight and injuring 15 others.

39
May 09

Two unidentified bullet-riddled bodies were found near Khuchlak, around 20 kilometres away from the provincial capital Quetta.

40
May 15

An office of the National Database and Registration Authority and an electricity pylon was damaged when a bomb blast occurred on Airport Road in Quetta.

41
May 17

SFs shot dead five suspected al Qaeda linked militants who had tried to carry out a suicide bombing in south western city of Quetta.

42
May 18

At least seven Shia people, including a passerby girl, were killed and six others sustained bullet injuries in an attack near Killi Kamalo area of Quetta.

43
June 1

Professor Ghulam Hussain Saba Dashtiari of Balochistan University was shot dead in Sariab area of Quetta.

44
June 7

At least one person was killed when a bomb exploded in Hazar Gunji area near Shalkot Police Station in Quetta.

45
June 13

A man was killed and another sustained splinter wounds in an explosion near Regional National Accountability Bureau (NAB) office in Shara-e-Gulistan area of Quetta.

46
June 16

The Pakistan Sports Board Deputy Director General and a former Olympian Syed Abrar Hussain Shah was shot dead near Nawab Nauroz Khan Stadium in Quetta.

47
June 17

The driver of a NATO oil tanker carrying fuel for NATO forces stationed in Afghanistan was going to Kandahar (Afghanistan) from Karachi (Sindh) was killed when unidentified militants opened fire on the tanker in Akhtarabad area of Quetta.

Quetta Police arrested five Afghan nationals who crossed into Pakistan from Chaman town in Qilla Abdullah District at Balaili check post without possessing legal travelling documents.

48
June 19

Unidentified armed militants killed the driver of a NATO oil tanker carrying fuel for the NATO forces from Karachi (Sindh) to Kandahar in Afghanistan near Mian Ghundi area in the suburb of Quetta.

49
June 20

A man, identified as Naeem, was killed and eight others sustained injuries in a car bomb blast on Saryab Road near Degree College in Quetta.

50
June 22

Three Shia people were killed and nine others got injured when four armed militants fired at a bus carrying Shia pilgrims to Iran in Akhtarabad area of Quetta.

51
June 29

FC troops arrested 108 Afghanistan nationals travelling by two buses to Karachi (Sindh) from Quetta.

52
July 1

The dead body of a missing Baloch person, identified as Mir Ghaffar Lango, was found near Lakbado area of Gadani in Quetta. According to reports, Lango had been abducted on January 12, 2010 and his family has been protesting in Quetta, Islamabad and Karachi putting the blame on security agencies for his killing.

53
July 4

Unidentified militants shot dead one Syed Mohammed Notezai at Faisal Colony in Dalbandin town of the provincial capital Quetta.

54
July 8

42 Afghan nationals were arrested for having no valid travel documents when stopped and checked by the Border Security Force in the outskirts of Quetta.

55
July 10

Three persons, belonging to Shia community, were shot dead while coming from Qambrani Road in Quetta.

56
July 11

A driver and his helper were killed when unidentified militants opened fire at a NATO container coming from Afghanistan to Karachi in Sindh in the Eastern Bypass in Quetta.

57
July 16

Police recovered four dead bodies of Baloch missing persons, including a member of BSO-Azad, in Quetta.

58
July 20

A former Union Council nazim and the leader of PML-N, Saleem Jadoon, was shot dead by armed militants near his office on Patel Road in Quetta.

59
July 23

Two persons were killed and two others injured when a bomb planted alongside a railway track on the outskirts of Quetta went off.

60
July 28

A prayer leader of Jamia Albadar mosque, identified as Abdul Karim Mengal, was shot dead by unidentified militants in Pishin area of Quetta.

61
July 29

LeJ militants killed at least seven people, including four Shias, waiting to travel to Mashhad in Iran, at Taftan bus terminal on Saryab Road.

62
July 30

Unidentified militants opened fire on people at a bus stop on Spiny road in Quetta killing 11 people and injuring several others.

63
July 31

A man, identified as Naeem, was killed and nine others were injured in a hand grenade attack in a hotel on main RCD Highway in Hub area of Quetta.

64
August 1

At least two persons were killed while another was injured in a bomb blast that took place in Sariab area Quetta.

65
August 2

LEAs arrested about 50 suspects during a search operation in Killi Kamalo and Killi Qambrani areas of Saryab in Quetta.

66
August 4

One man, identified as Zaheeruddin, was killed by a bullet fired from unknown location in Airport area in Quetta.

Law Enforcement personnel arrested a suspected person, identified as Ghulam Rasool, from Killi Baro of Sariab area and recovered a Kalashnikov from his possession.

67
August 7

The SHO of New Saryab Police Station, a constable and driver were shot dead in Killi Shahnawaz area of Saryab in Quetta.

68
August 8

Four people, including to two Bugti tribesmen, were killed in a gun battle between two groups in the Eastern Bypass area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan. The victims were identified as Haji Nehal Khan Bugti and his son Sadullah Bugti, Abdul Hameed Jatoi and Abid Khan Gajani.

Police launched a search operation in Killi Bangulzai, Killi Shanawaz and Killi Qambrani areas of Quetta in response to the August 7 killing of the three Police personnel including SHO Manzoor Tareen and arrested 159 suspects. The Sayedna Khalid-bin-Waleed group (SKW) claimed responsibility for the August 7 attack. Its spokesman, Umer Abdullah said that Manzoor Tareen was killed for raiding houses and providing security to NATO oil tankers. He said that anybody involved in these activities would die like the SHO.

69
August 9

A bullet-riddled dead body of Amir Khan Marri who was abducted from Lasbela District was found in the industrial town of Hub in Quetta.

70
August 10

Two Police constables, identified as Sher Ali and Murad Ali were shot dead and another Shahid Nadeem sustained serious bullet injuries in firing incident on Smungali Road of the provincial capital Quetta.

A schoolteacher identified as Abdul Karim was shot dead by unidentified armed militants in Kechi Baig area of Saryab Road in Quetta.

71
August 12

An army man was killed and three others were injured when five rockets fired from nearby mountains landed in Quetta Cantonment in the Nawan Killi area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan. Mirak Baloch, the spokesman for the BLA, claimed responsibility for the attack.

72
August 13

Police and Frontier Corps (FC) raided the houses of Nawabzada Jamil Bugti, eldest son of Nawab Bugti, and Humayun Marri in Bugti Bolak, a suburb of Quetta, claiming to have recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition. The Police, backed by FC, carried out the raid early in the morning at the residence of Jamil Bugti and the adjoining house of Humayun Marri. According to Police sources, 133 remote control devices, 100 rifles of 12 bore, two LMGs, one SMG, three hand grenades and 4000 rounds were recovered during the search at the residence of Humayun Marri, the son in-law of the late Nawab Akbar Bugti.

73
August 15

Two dead bodies were recovered from Zarrgau area in the outskirts of Quetta. The dead were identified as Abdul Hameed, and Athar Gul. According to Police officials, both of them were killed by the Baloch Liberation Front (BLF). However, no group has claimed responsibility for the killings so far.

74
August 16

One ASI Abdul Majeed was shot dead by unidentified militants in the Ghousabad area of Quetta.

A man, identified as Zahoor Ahmed, was shot dead on the Arbab Ghulam Ali road.

Elsewhere in the District, a Government employee, Karim Bakhsh, was killed in the Sariab road area.

75
August 17

Unidentified armed militants set ablaze a NATO container in Mian Ghundi area of Quetta, while it was returning from Kandahar in Afghanistan to Karachi in Sindh.

76
August 18

Prayer leader and son of former Provincial Minister of JUI-F Hafiz Hussain Ahmed Sharudi was shot dead on Abdul Sattar Road in Quetta, while he was on his way to the Al Habib mosque.

77
August 25

A man was killed and 13 people were injured, when a bomb placed by unidentified militants at the Seerat chowk went off in the industrial town of Hub in Quetta.

78
August 31

A suicide car bomb blast killed at least 11 Shia persons and injured 22 others celebrating Eidul Fitr in Quetta.

79
September 5

A senior al Qaeda leader, Younis al-Mauritani, believed to have been responsible for planning attacks on the US, Europe and Australia was arrested on an unspecified date in Quetta.

80
September 20

Unidentified gunmen killed three Shias on the outskirts of Quetta whom Police said were relatives of victims of the Shia pilgrims, who were killed in Ganjidori area of Mastung District.

81
September 21

A Balochistan Constabulary official was shot dead by unidentified militants in Chaman Pattak area of the provincial capital, Quetta.

82
September 23

Three people from the Hazara community were killed and three others, including a child, sustained injuries when a passenger van was attacked by unidentified assailants on Sibi Road in Sayrab area of the provincial capital of Balochistan, Quetta.

83
September 23

A vehicle of FC survived a bomb blast unscathed in the Mian Gundi localities of Saryab area.

84
September 24

A 12-year-old Afghan boy was caught red-handed while planting a bomb inside an Imambargah Nichari by people in the Alamdar Road area in Quetta.

85
October 4

At least 12 people of Hazara community were killed and seven seriously injured after unknown militants fired indiscriminately at a bus in Akhtarabad area of Quetta.

86
October 5

Militants on a motorbike opened fire at officials of the traffic Police on Joint Road killing two Police officials and two passers-by.

87
October 6

A bomb exploded at a CD shop situated in Pir Sabaq area of Quetta damaging the building.

88
October 7

A Government officer was shot dead while his son sustained injuries on Kasi Road in Quetta.

89
October 9

Unidentified armed militants shot dead two men in different incidents in Quetta.

90
October 14

Three people were injured when armed militants attacked a convoy of NATO tankers in Mian Ghundi area near Quetta.

Pakistan Medical Association Balochistan President Mazar Baloch and his companion were shot and injured by assailants near Masjid Road in Quetta.

91
October 25

A FC soldier was killed in a landmine explosion near Sorang coalmine field near Quetta.

92
October 29

A person was killed and four other arrested after an encounter between the personnel of FC and armed men in Mangoli area of Quetta.

93
November 2

An electricity pylon was slightly damaged when an explosive device strapped to it exploded at Samungli Road in Quetta.

94
November 3

A schoolteacher and prayer leader, identified as Qari Yasin Abbasi, was shot at and injured in Kasi area of Quetta.

95
November 5

A person died when explosive materials that he was carrying went off near Hazara Town, a suburb of Quetta.

A convoy of FC troops escaped a remote-controlled blast in Mian Ghundi on Sibbi Road on the outskirts of Quetta.

96
November 14

Police found an unidentified tortured dead body in a graveyard of Khuchlak on the outskirt of Quetta.

97
November 22

A prayer leader, identified as Maulana Fazizullah, was shot dead by unidentified armed militants near Moti Raam Road area in Quetta while returning home after evening prayers in Jamia Masjid.

Several shops were partially damaged in an explosion near Tariq Hospital area of Sariab Road in Quetta.

98
November 27

Police claimed to have foiled a terror bid by seizing an explosive laden car in the Irrigation Colony at Sayrab Road in Quetta.

99
November 29

A lecturer of Balochistan University, identified as Mohammad Danish Alam, was killed by unknown militants in the Zarghoonabad area of Quetta. A senior Police official said that Alam hailed from Gilgit District of Gilgit-Baltistan and belonged to the Shia sect. "There is a possibility that the incident was a sectarian target killing," added official.

A suspected suicide bomber was killed near Quetta when the explosive material that he was carrying went off prematurely. According to SP Malik Arshad, the bomber had hired a cab and wanted to go to Chaman town of Qilla Abdullah District with an intention to target someone but explosive that he had fixed to his body exploded prematurely.

100
December 9

A FC officer was killed when a landmine had exploded near the Sorange coal mines, in the suburbs of Quetta.

101
December 12

An unidentified bullet-riddled body was found in Killi Sardar area of Quetta.

A vendor, identified as Khuda Bakhsh, was shot dead by unidentified armed militants at Seraib Patik area.

Mama Qadir Baloch the Vice President of Voice of Baloch Missing Persons said outside the Quetta Press Club that he had received threats from Secret Agencies.

102
December 13 One person, identified as Ayub, was killed and another injured in a clash that occurred between two armed groups on Fatima Jinnah road in Quetta.
103
December 14

Two men, identified as Jalil Ahmed and Pukar Khan were killed and a woman identified as Samina was injured when unknown armed militants opened fire at a house in Killi Kamalo area on Sariab road of Quetta.

The dead body found in Killi Sardar area of Quetta was identified as that of a Hindu trader Ravi Kumar. Kumar, a local trader of Quetta, had been abducted on October 22, 2011 by armed militants from Satellite Town area.

104
December 15

Unidentified armed militants shot dead a man, identified as Abdul Hameed, in a PCO shop in Sariab Road area of Quetta. Hameed was the son of a religious scholar Moulvi Abdul Aziz.

A man identified as Yasir Arafat Hazara, was shot dead in Alamdar Road area in Quetta.

Police found an unidentified dead body in Polo Ground area of Quetta.

105
December 25

Two armed militants shot dead two persons, identified as Mohammad Aslam and Shahzad Bashir, in the Manno Jan Road area of Quetta.

A man, identified as Anwar Maseeh, was shot dead in Shahzab Town of Quetta.

106
December 26

Two persons were killed and another sustained injuries in an incident of firing in Bakra Mandi area of Eastern Bypass in Quetta.

107
December 28

Frontier Corps personnel during checking in Akhtarabad area of Quetta arrested 20 Afghans on traveling without necessary documents. These Afghans were trying to enter Quetta through a Chaman route.

108
December 29

High profile Police surgeon, Doctor Baqar Shah, was shot dead by two unidentified armed militants while returning home from the Bolan Medical College Teaching Hospital on Sabzal Road in Quetta.

109
December 30

At least 16 persons, including women and children, were killed and 33 others got injured in a suicide attack near the residence of tribal elder Shafiq Mengal, son of former acting Chief Minister and Federal Minister Naseer Mengal on Arbab Karam Khan Road in Quetta.

110
December 31

At least three rockets were fired from a mountainous area on Sabzal Road, Killi Deba and Spini Road in Quetta.


Note:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.

 

 

 

 

 
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