Terrorism-related Incidents in Quetta - 2015

Date

Incidents

January 3

Law Enforcement Agencies, including Police, FC, Balochistan Levies and Intelligence Agencies in a joint raid launched a crackdown against stores openly selling hate literature and materials allegedly promoting militancy in Kuchlak area of Quetta.

An unidentified man was killed in a bomb blast in Musa Colony on Sariab Road in Quetta.

Unidentified assailants shot dead four labourers while leaving another injured on the Qambarani Road in Quetta.

A remote-controlled bomb was planted to target a police mobile at Mustang Road in Quetta.

SFs detained at least nine suspects including one suicide attacker and three members of TTP Swat group in Quetta.

Police detained 31 suspects during various raids in Quetta. Police said hate materials and CDs were recovered from their possession.

Rawalpindi-bound Jaffar Express escaped a bomb blast in the 13 Mile area of provincial capital Quetta. However, no casualties were reported.

Police recovered 50,000 rounds of different caliber weapons, which had been stolen from the arsenal depot of Balochistan Constabulary, during raids in Shaldara and Pashtunabad areas of Quetta.

Five abducted coalminers, who had been kidnapped on January 27, 2015, from Sorenge area in Quetta, were rescued.

SFs foiled a major terror bid by seizing an explosive-laden vehicle in Panjpai area of Quetta.

As part of an ongoing crackdown against militants from banned organisations in Balochistan, Police and ATC personnel have arrested 260 suspects from different parts of Quetta. Police sources told that raids were conducted in Sariab Road, Brewery Road, Satellite Town and other parts of Quetta.

A Hindu doctor, Dr Manoj Kumar, was released on February 2 by abductors in Hazar Ganji area of Quetta after the payment of PKR 14 million as ransom on February 1, 2015.

A Policeman, identified as Zaiullah, guarding polio volunteers was killed and one child was injured when unidentified militants opened fire at the polio team on Sirki Road in Quetta.

At least two people were killed when unidentified armed assailants opened fire at a hotel on Mastung Road in Quetta.

A key 'commander' of LeJ, identified as Usman Saifullah Kurd, and his companion were killed while two FC personnel were injured in a raid conducted by FC in Sariab area of Quetta.

February 27

Some 53 suspects, among them 43 Afghan nationals, were arrested during a search operation carried out jointly by Police and Frontier Corps personnel in Killi Kheezi and Darwashabad areas of Quetta.

February 28

SFs arrested a key Jundullah militant, Abdul Salam Regi, from Lak Pass area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, on the morning.

Balochistan Home Minister Sarfaraz Bugti while addressing a press conference at Frontier Corps Madadgar Centre at Khoila Pathak said that SF foiled a bid to sabotage the Pakistan Day celebrations and arrested three suspects, recovering a huge cache of arms from their custody from Hazar Ganji area of Provincial capital Quetta and from Chaman area of Qilla Abdullah District.

Two persons, a father and his son, were shot dead by unidentified assailants on Kasi Road of Quetta.

March 18

The FC Balochistan arrested six terrorists during search operation carried out in Eastern Bypass area of provincial capital Quetta.

Police arrested a terror suspect, identified as Saurat Khan Marri, accused of involving in several terrorism incidents in Quetta, including the November 11, 2014, bomb blast targeting the vehicle of an ATC judge Nazeer Ahmed Langove, from Hazar Ganji area in Quetta.

A tribal elder along with his guard was shot dead while his two other gunmen sustained injuries in a firing attack in the Kechi Baig area of Sariab in Quetta.

According to the spokesman for FC Khan Wasey, SFs and Intelligence Agency personnel foiled a terror bid by arresting seven terrorists, including four suicide bombers, during a raid in Kuchlak area of provincial capital Quetta.

SFs arrested four militants from Kharotabad area of Quetta and also recovered arms and ammunition from their possession.

The Quetta Police claimed to have foiled a terrorism bid by seizing 100 kilogram of explosives during a raid in Hazar Ganji area the provincial capital.

Four unidentified militants abducted the MNCH Programme and Official Coordinator of the Balochistan Health Department Dr Amir Baksh at gunpoint from Sohrab Road in provincial capital Quetta while he was on his way to the health office from his home on Brewery Road.

April 29

FC arrested four suspects, including one "most wanted" terrorist during a search operation in Ghahi Khan Chowk near Sariab Road in provincial capital Quetta.

May 12

A man belonging to the Hazara community was killed and five others, including two Policemen, were injured, apparently in a targeted attack at Kasi Road of Quetta.

At least one person was killed and four others were injured in a remote-controlled bomb blast targeting a FC vehicle on Qambarani Road in Quetta. BDS officials said that 100 kilograms of explosives were used in the making of the bomb.

At least three Hazara Shias were killed and nine others were injured when unidentified militants opened fire at two separate buildings on M.A. Jinnah Road in Quetta.

A local trader, identified as Anwar Ali Hazara, was shot dead by unidentified militants on Fatima Jinnah Road in Quetta. Following the attack, members of the Hazara community staged a protest against the killing.

Two Shia Hazaras, identified as Mohammad Arif and Mohammad Hussain, were shot dead, while another, Mohammad Essa, was injured, when unidentified militants opened fire at their cloth shop in a shopping plaza in MeCongi road area in Quetta. No outfit claimed responsibility for the attack.

At least four Policemen were killed when unidentified militants opened fire at their vehicle while they were on a routine patrol on Mullah Salam Road in Pashtoonabad area of Quetta.

At least five Hazara Shias were killed when unidentified armed assailants opened fire at them in Bacha Khan Chowk area Quetta.

Police on June 8 claimed to have arrested three suspects from their hideout in Eastern Bypass area of Quetta for their involvement in attacks on the Khalid and Samungli airbases in the provincial capital on August 15, 2014.

The FC arrested five suspected militants including a would-be suicide bomber during raids in parts of Quetta.

At least four Policemen, including ASI Mohammad Wazir, were killed when unidentified assailants opened fire on the Police patrolling van at Manan Chowk of Pashtunabad area in provincial capital Quetta.

Two men were killed when unidentified masked militants opened fire at a barber shop in Mano Jan area of provincial capital Quetta. Both of the victims were brothers, the source added.

Two unidentified men were shot dead by unidentified armed assailants on Double Road area in Quetta.

In an incident of target killing, an unidentified man was shot dead near the Eastern Bypass area in Quetta. Police officials termed the incidents as acts of targeted killing.

Police and other Law Enforcement Agencies launched a crackdown against target killers and conducted several raids in Pashtunabad, Mehmoodabad and other areas of Quetta during which 243 suspects were detained.

Two BLA militants were arrested during a search operation in Soranj area of Quetta.

A target killer was arrested from a house in Satellite Town area of Quetta.

Police Inspector Mohammad Naseem was shot dead while he was on his way home from Industrial Police Station in Jan Mohammad Road area of Quetta.

A man was killed and 15 others were injured after an explosion near the Bacha Khan Chowk in Quetta.

FC and Police conducted a joint sting operation in Goharabad area of Quetta and arrested two key terrorists.

SFs killed three militants including Mehmood-ur-Rehman Rind, the leader of an anti-Shia outfit, Jaish-ul-Islam, during a targeted operation at Eastern Bypass on the outskirts of Quetta. One Frontier Corps officer was wounded in the exchange of fire.

Security Forces arrested four TTP militants from Nawan Killi area of Quetta.

FC and Police personnel arrested four suspected militants during a joint operation in Killi Deeba and Huda areas of Quetta.

Two people, identified as Shehroz and Sadat Khan, were injured in a remote-controlled bomb blast under the Sariab Bridge in provincial capital Quetta.

Unidentified armed militants shot dead two Balochistan Constabulary officers, identified as Sub-Inspectors Fazalur Rehman and Hafeezullah, in a targeted attack in Satellite Town area of Quetta.

At least two persons were killed in a suicide explosion near Sardar Bahadur Khan Women's University on Brewery road area of at Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

Security and intelligence officials arrested nine TTP militants following a shootout in the Kuchlak area of provincial capital Quetta.

Unidentified armed men opened fire at a shop in Quetta and killed one person.

Two Policemen and a woman were killed when unidentified militants attacked the convoy of SP Zahoor Afridi on Sariab Road area in Quetta. One militant was also killed in retaliatory fire.

At least two people, identified as Raz Muhammad and Muhammad Tahir, were killed when unidentified armed assailants opened fire at a vehicle on Sabzal Road in Quetta.

A dead body of a child, identified as that of Zakir Ahmed (8), was found in Kechi Baig area of Quetta.

The paramilitary forces acted on an intelligence report, raiding the Government Science College and arrested two suspected militants in Quetta.

Unidentified militants shot dead a Shia Hazara, identified as Ghulam Raza, while he was on his way home in Quetta.

FC arrested nine Afghan nationals under Foreign Act from different areas in Quetta.

At least four unidentified dead bodies, including two of men and as many women, were recovered from Killi Paind Khan area of provincial capital Quetta.

A Police Official was killed and another was injured in a bomb explosion in Gawalmandi Chowk of Quetta.

Police foiled a sabotage bid and defused IED from under construction building of the PTCL at Kechibaig near Sariab area of Quetta.

Five commanders and 23 cadres of the militant outfit surrendered in Quetta.

Four leaders of BRA surrendered and handed over their arms to the authorities in the presence of Provincial Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti and Home Secretary Akbar Hussain Durrani at the Quetta Press Club in Quetta.

Police and FC arrested a militant 'commander' from Qambarani Road in Quetta.

At least four Policemen, including an ASI, were killed when unidentified armed assailants opened fire on a patrolling Police van in Pashtunabad area of provincial capital Quetta.

One FC trooper, identified as Muhammad Rehman, was killed and two others were injured when unidentified militants opened indiscriminate fire on them near a petrol station on Sariab Road of Quetta.

An unidentified shopkeeper was shot dead in Hazar Ganji area of Quetta.

Police recovered two kidnapped foreign nationals in a raid conducted in Jinnah Town area of Quetta.

At least four LeJ militants, including one of its 'commanders', were shot dead and a FC official was injured in a clash in Mian Gundi area of Quetta.

An ASI, identified as Ali Nawaz, was killed when unidentified armed assailants opened fire at him on Sariab Road of Quetta.

One militant was killed and another arrested with injuries during a joint operation by the Police and Intelligence Agency personnel in Kili Geo area of Quetta. Three security personnel were also injured in the incident.

Police arrested a suspect, identified as Shaheen Marri, during a raid in the Marri Camp area of Quetta.

SFs detained six suspects during two raids in Quetta and Nushki Districts. They are being interrogated, the sources said.

At least two labourers were killed when unidentified armed assailants opened fire at them on Sariab Road in Quetta.

Two people, identified as Rab Nawaz and his friend Sudher, were shot dead while they were sitting outside their house in Quetta.

Security Agencies and Police arrested two high-profile 'target killers' involved in the murder of two journalists and an accountant in Quetta along with other terrorist activities.

Former DIG Qazi Abdul Wahid was shot dead by two unidentified militants near his house on Arif Street in Sariab area of provincial capital Quetta.

SFs thwarted a terrorist attack during the Defence Day celebrations and arrested four suspects along with IEDs and arms from Kechi Baig locality near Sariab area of Quetta.

At least 14 suspects were arrested in a search operation conducted by FC in Kharotabad area of provincial capital Quetta.

FC arrested a militant from Quetta for his involvement in bomb blast in Lehri Bazaar in August 2015.

At least 10 suspects were arrested by law-enforcement agencies and Police during a raid in the Marri Camp area of Western Bypass in Quetta for their suspected involvement in various crimes.

Police recovered an unidentified dead body of man from Joint Road area of Quetta.

At least one suspected militant was arrested during a search operation in the Eastern Bypass area of provincial capital Quetta.

Intelligence Agencies and ATF claimed to have arrested at least five target killers during two back-to-back raids in Quetta.

At least 11 people, including two children, were killed and more than 20 were injured in a bomb blast that occurred inside a local city bus at Dukani Baba Chowk area on Sariab Road in Quetta.

Unidentified militants killed a Police Head Constable on Sariab Road in Quetta.

SFs have arrested five suspected people in Killi Pir Bakhsh Sumallani and Killi Shanawaz areas of Quetta.

Two alleged militants were killed while four others were arrested by the FC during a search operation in the Washuk area of Quetta.

Two 'commanders' of BLA along with 28 militants laid down their weapons and surrendered to authorities in a press conference held by Provincial Minister Nawab Changaiz Marri in Quetta.

A Shia, identified as Jafar Ali, was shot dead while another, identified as Tanveer Ali, was injured when unidentified militants opened fire at their vehicle in Kirani Road area of provincial capital Quetta.

Armed assailants killed two Hazara Shias in Spiny road in Quetta.

At least three Policemen were injured in IED blast targeting a Police vehicle that was on a routine patrol in Qambrani Road area of provincial capital Quetta.

Two low intensity blasts hit Quetta's Chashma Achozai area close to the airport.

Two people were injured in an IED attack near a fire brigade station at the Bacha Khan Chowk in Quetta.

Three suspected militants were killed during an exchange of fire with SFs in Sariab road area in Quetta.

A small portion of railway track was damaged in a blast near Sariab road area in Quetta.

One FC soldier was killed and four others wounded including a passerby when an IED exploded at a paramilitary checkpoint at Main Chowk on Brewery Road in Quetta.

The FC arrested six suspected militants from Sabzal Road area of Quetta.

The FC arrested four suspects from Marriabad area of Quetta. A pistol was recovered from their possession.

Two SFs, identified as Mir Zaman and Zakir, were injured in a landmine blast in Marget area of Quetta.