|
|
Suicide Attacks in Punjab
2018
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1 |
March
14 |
Tablighi
Jamaat Markaz / Raiwind / Lahore / Punjab |
Nine people, including five Policemen, were
killed and 35 others injured when a suicide bomber exploded
himself near a check post outside the Tablighi Jamaat Markaz
in Raiwind town of Lahore, the provincial capital of Punjab.
|
10
|
35
|
2 |
May
3 |
Dhok Gama / Attock
|
Three people were killed and 13 others sustained
injuries when a PAEC bus was hit by a suicide bomber in the
Dhok Gama area of Attock city (Attock District).
|
4
|
13
|
Total*
|
14
|
48
|
*Data till June 17, 2018
2017
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1 |
February
13 |
Mall
Road / Lahore |
At least 14 persons, including six Policemen,
were killed and 85 injured when a suicide bomber struck around
6pm outside the Punjab Assembly on Mall Road of Lahore, the
provincial capital of Punjab, during a protest.
|
15
|
85
|
2
|
April
5 |
Bedian
Road / Lahore |
Six people, including four Army soldiers and
an off-duty Air Force airman, lost their lives after a suicide
bomber targeted a census team in Bedian Road area of Lahore
in Punjab.
|
7
|
19
|
3
|
July
24 |
Ferozepur
Road / Lahore / Punjab |
At least 26 persons, including nine Policemen,
were killed and 56 others injured in a suicide blast near
the Arfa Karim IT Tower on the Ferozepur Road of Lahore, the
provincial capital of Punjab.
|
27
|
56
|
Total*
|
49
|
160
|
2016
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1 |
March
27 |
Allama
Iqbal Town / Lahore |
At least 74 people were killed and more than
300 injured when a suicide bomb ripped through the parking space
in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park situated near Allama Iqbal Town in provincial
capital Lahore when Christians were celebrating Easter.
|
75
|
300
|
Total*
|
75
|
300
|
2015
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
February 17
|
Police Lines / Qila Gujjar Singh / Lahore
|
At least eight persons, including
two Policemen, were killed and 23 others were injured in a
suicide attack on Police headquarters near the main gate of
Police Lines in Qila Gujjar Singh area of Lahore.
|
9
|
23
|
2
|
February 18 |
Kurri Road / New Shakrial / Rawalpindi
|
At least four Shias were killed and six others
were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up during
evening prayers at the mosque in Qasr-e-Sakina Imambargah
located on Kurri Road in New Shakrial area of Rawalpindi District.
|
5
|
6
|
3
|
March 15 |
Youhanabad / Lahore
|
At least 15 persons, including 13 Christians
and two Policemen, were killed and more than 70 were injured
when two suicide bombers attacked two churches near Youhanabad
neighbourhood in Lahore District, sparking mob violence in
which two other militants were killed.
|
19
|
70
|
4
|
May 29 |
Gaddafi Stadium /
Lahore |
At least two people, including a police SI,
were killed and three Policemen were injured, in a suicide
attack near Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore District. The blast
took place when a day-night match between Pakistan and Zimbabwe
was underway.
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
June 6 |
Sargodha District
|
Two suspected suicide bombers were killed
when their suicide vests exploded at Khayam Chowk on University
Road in Sargodha District.
|
2
|
0
|
6
|
August 16 |
Shadi Khan / Attock District
|
Two suicide attackers killed Punjab Home Minister
Colonel (retd) Shuja Khanzada and at least 20 other people,
after detonating a bomb at a meeting the Minister was attending
in the village of Shadi Khan in Attock District of Punjab.
DSP Hazara Circle Shaukat Shah was also killed in the incident.
23 others persons were also injured.
|
23
|
23
|
7
|
September 13 |
Vehari Chowk / Multan District
|
At least 10 persons were killed and 59 others
injured in a suicide blast at Vehari Chowk in Multan District
of Punjab in the night.
|
10
|
59
|
8
|
October 14 |
Taunsa Sharif / Taunsa / Dera Ghazi Khan District
|
At least eight people, including three contestants
of the upcoming Local Government elections and a suicide bomber,
were killed and 13 others were injured when the suicide bomber
targeted the camp office of PML-N MNA Sardar Amjad Khosa in
Taunsa Sharif city of Taunsa tehsil in Dera Ghazi Khan District.
|
8
|
13
|
Total*
|
79
|
197
|
2014
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
January 20
|
Royal Artillery Bazaar / Rawalpindi
|
A TTP suicide bomber killed 13
persons, including eight soldiers and three children, and wounded
29 others in Royal Artillery Bazaar close to General Headquarters
in Rawalpindi District.
|
14
|
29
|
2
|
February 7 |
Khanewal town / Khanewal District
|
Five officials were injured when a suicide bomber
blew himself up during a search operation jointly launched by
Police and Intelligence Agencies in Khanewal District.
|
1
|
5
|
3
|
June 4 |
Qutbal railway crossing / Fatehjang / Rawalpindi
District
|
Five persons, including two Pakistan Army Officers,
were killed and two soldiers sustained injuries when a suicide
bomber targeted an Army vehicle at the Qutbal railway crossing
near Fatehjang, some 28 kilometres from Tarnol, in Rawalpindi
District of Punjab.
|
6
|
2
|
4
|
November 2 |
Wagah international border
|
Sixty one persons, including three Rangers officials,
were killed and over 150 received injuries when a suicide bomber
blew himself up at the third Rangers checkpost, around 500 yards
away from the Wagah international border in Punjab.
|
62
|
150
|
Total*
|
83
|
186
|
2013
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
December 17
|
Gracy Line / Rawalpindi
|
Four persons, including a
SI, were killed while 13 others were injured when a suicide
bomber blew himself up in a sectarian attack outside an Imambargah
in Gracy Line area near airport in Rawalpindi District.
|
5
|
13
|
Total
|
5
|
13
|
2012
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
August 16
|
Minhas PAF base / Kamra / Attock / Punjab
|
Nine terrorists and two security
officials were killed when SFs foiled their attack on Minhas
PAF base of Kamra in Attock District of Punjab. Three Other
personnel, including the base commander were wounded in the
attack.
|
11
|
3
|
Total
|
11
|
3
|
2011
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
January 25
|
Ghora Chowk / Urdu Bazaar / Lahore
|
A suicide bomber struck at the
Ghora Chowk in the Urdu Bazaar area of Lahore, the Provincial
Capital of Punjab, killing at least 10 people, including a woman
and three Policemen, and injured at least 85 others.
|
10
|
85
|
2
|
April 3
|
Dera Ghazi Khan
/ Punjab
|
At least 41 persons
were killed and more than 100 injured when two suicide bombers
blew themselves up outside the shrine of Sufi saint Ahmed Sultan,
popularly known as Sakhi Sarwar, in Dera Ghazi Khan District of
Punjab.
|
51
|
92
|
3
|
June 13 |
Sector I-8 / Markaz / Islamabad
|
Two persons, including the suicide bomber, were
killed and six persons were injured in a suicide attack at a bank
located in sector I-8 of Markaz area in Islamabad.
|
2
|
6
|
Total
|
63
|
183
|
2010
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
March 08
|
Model Town / Lahore / Punjab
|
13 persons were killed and 80
others injured in a suicide bomb blast in front of the Special
Intelligence Agency's (SIA) office in the Model Town area of
Lahore.
|
14
|
80
|
2
|
March 12
|
RA Bazaar / Lahore / Punjab
|
At least 62 persons, including
eight soldiers, were killed and more than 90 persons were injured
as twin suicide blasts, moments apart from each other, ripped
through the Lahore's RA Bazaar in the cantonment area.
|
63
|
90
|
3
|
May 28
|
Lahore / Punjab
|
At least 95 worshippers killed
and 92 others injured as seven assailants including three suicide
bomber attacked Ahmadiyya place of worship in Model Town and
Garhi Shahu areas of Lahore in Punjab.
|
97
|
92
|
4
|
July 1
|
Data Gunj Bakhsh / Lahore / Punjab
|
At least 40 persons were killed
and 175 others injured when three suicide attackers blew themselves
up inside the shrine of Lahore's patron saint Syed Ali Hajwairi
popularly known as Data Gunj Bakhsh, at about 11 pm (PST) in
the night.
|
43
|
175
|
5
|
July 18
|
Sargodha / Punjab
|
Three persons were killed and
more than 20 others were injured when a suicide bomber blew
himself up outside an Imambargah in Sargodha town of Punjab.
|
4
|
20
|
6
|
September 1 |
Karbala Gamay Shah / Data Darbar / Lahore
|
29 persons were killed and another
243 injured in two suicide attacks and one grenade attack on
a Shia procession marking Hazrat Ali's martyrdom in Lahore.
LeJ Al-alami claimed responsibility for the three attacks that
occurred minutes apart in Bhaati Gate locality of Lahore.
|
43
|
230
|
Total
|
264
|
687
|
2009
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
February 5
|
Dera Ghazi Khan / Punjab
|
At least 32 persons were killed
and 48 others wounded when a suspected suicide bomber blew himself
amidst a crowd of Shia worshippers outside a mosque in Dera
Ghazi Khan in the Punjab province.
|
33
|
48
|
2
|
March 16
|
Pirwadhai / Rawalpindi / Punjab
|
At least 14 people were killed
and 17 injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up near a
busy bus stand at Pirwadhai in Rawalpindi.
|
15
|
17
|
3
|
March 23
|
Sitara Market / Islamabad / Punjab
|
A suicide bomber blew himself
up at the entrance of the headquarters of the Special Branch
(SB), an intelligence agency of the Federal Capital Police,
in Sitara Market in Islamabad, killing himself and a Policeman.
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
April 04
|
Margala Road / Islamabad / Punjab
|
Eight FC personnel were killed,
and seven others injured, when a suicide bomber blew himself
up at an FC check post on the Margala Road in national capital
Islamabad.
|
9
|
7
|
5
|
April 05
|
Chakwal / Punjab
|
A suicide bomber blew himself
up at the entrance of an Imambargah (Shia place of worship)
at Chakwal in Punjab province, killing 24 people, including
three children, and injuring 140 others, at a religious gathering.
|
25
|
140
|
6
|
May 27
|
CCPO & ISI offices / Lahore / Punjab
|
Suicide bombers detonated a
vehicle loaded with 100 kilograms of explosives near offices
of the capital city police officer (CCPO) and the Inter-Services
Intelligence (ISI) in Lahore- killing at least 27 persons and
injuring 326 others, in addition to destroying a two-storey
building of the Rescue 15 police service.
|
28
|
326
|
7
|
June 6
|
Sector G-8 / Islamabad / Punjab
|
Two Policemen were killed and
four others injured in a suicide attack on a Rescue 15 office
at Sector G-8 in capital Islamabad.
|
3
|
4
|
8
|
June 12
|
Garhi Shahu / Lahore / Punjab
|
At least seven persons, including
a prominent anti-Taliban cleric, were killed and seven injured
when a suicide attacker detonated himself at the Jamia Naeemia
madrassa (seminary) in the Garhi Shahu area of Lahore shortly
after Friday prayers.
|
8
|
7
|
9
|
July 2
|
Chur Chowk / Rawalpindi / Punjab
|
36 persons were injured when
a young suicide bomber rammed his motorcycle into a bus carrying
employees of the Army-run Heavy Mechanical Complex at the Peshawar
Road near Chur Chowk in Rawalpindi.
|
1
|
36
|
10
|
October 5
|
WFP office / Islamabad / Punjab
|
A suicide bomber targeted the
WFP office in Islamabad, killing five persons, including a UN
diplomat and two women employees. Six other staff members were
injured.
|
6
|
6
|
11
|
October 20
|
H-10 sector / Islamabad / Punjab
|
Two suicide bombers targeted
the new campus of the International Islamic University Islamabad
in the H-10 sector of Islamabad, killing at least six students
and staff members, including two female students, and injuring
more than 29 others.
|
8
|
29
|
12
|
October 23
|
Kamra / Attock / Punjab
|
Eight persons were killed and
17 others sustained injuries when a suicide bomber exploded
himself at a Police check-post on the GT Road near the Pakistan
Aeronautical Complex (PAC) in Kamra in the Attock District of
Punjab.
|
9
|
17
|
13
|
October 24
|
Lillah / Kalar Kahar / Punjab
|
A Motorway Police official was
killed when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden
car near Lillah Interchange close to Kalar Kahar in Punjab.
|
2
|
0
|
14
|
November 2
|
Shalimar Plaza / Rawalpindi / Punjab
|
At least 35 persons, including
two women and children, were killed and 63 others sustained
injuries when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a branch
of the National Bank of Pakistan in Rawalpindi.
|
36
|
63
|
15
|
November 2
|
Babu Sabu / Lahore / Punjab
|
Police foiled a terrorist attack
targeting a police check-post at the Babu Sabu Interchange of
the Lahore-Islamabad motorway, an entry point into Lahore.
|
1
|
25
|
16
|
December 7
|
Allama Iqbal / Lahore / Punjab
|
Two bomb blasts killed at least
45 people, and injured more than 100 at the crowded Moon Market
in Allama Iqbal area of Lahore in Punjab.
|
47
|
100
|
17
|
December 8
|
Multan / Punjab
|
A group of three Taliban militants
launched a gun, rocket and suicide attack on the office of ISI,
killing at least 12 people and injuring several others at Multan
in Punjab.
|
15
|
NS
|
18
|
December 15
|
Dera Ghazi Khan / Punjab
|
A suicide car bomb exploded
in a market outside the home of the Punjab Chief Minister's
senior adviser, Zulfiqar Khosa in Dera Ghazi Khan District of
Punjab, killing 33 people and injured 60 others
|
34
|
60
|
19
|
December 24
|
Kurri Road / Rawalpindi / Punjab
|
A six-year-old girl, Arooj,
was killed and two people, including a head constable, were
injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside an Imambargah
on Kurri Road in Rawalpindi.
|
2
|
2
|
Total
|
284
|
889
|
2008
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
January 10
|
Lahore / Punjab
|
At least 24 people, including
17 policemen, were killed and 80 others injured in a suicide
bomb blast outside the Lahore High Court, minutes before the
arrival of an anti-government lawyers' procession.
|
25
|
80
|
2
|
February 4
|
NLC GHQ / Rawalpindi / Punjab
|
At least ten persons were killed
and about 10 others were wounded when a suicide bomber crashed
his bike into an armed forces bus carrying students and officials
of Army Medical College, near the General Headquarters (GHQ)
in Rawalpindi.
|
11
|
10
|
3
|
February 25
|
Rawalpindi / Punjab
|
A suicide bomber killed eight
people, including the Pakistan Army's surgeon general, in Rawalpindi
- the highest-ranking military official killed since the country
joined the US-led war on terror.
|
9
|
25
|
4
|
March 4
|
Pakistan Navy War College / Lahore / Punjab
|
Eight persons were killed and
24 others sustained injuries when two suicide bombers blew themselves
up in the parking area of the Pakistan Navy War College in Lahore.
|
10
|
24
|
5
|
March 11
|
FIA headquarters / Lahore / Punjab
|
At least 30 people were killed
and more than 200 sustained injuries in suicide blasts at the
FIA headquarters and an advertising agency office in Lahore.
|
31
|
200
|
6
|
June 2
|
Danish embassy / Islamabad / Punjab
|
A suspected suicide bomber blew
up his car outside the Danish embassy in Islamabad, killing
at least eight persons and injuring 30 others.
|
9
|
30
|
7
|
July 6
|
Melody Market / Islamabad / Punjab
|
20 persons, including 15 policemen,
were killed and more than 40 persons wounded in a suicide attack
near the Melody Market area of capital Islamabad.
|
21
|
40
|
8
|
August 13
|
Allama Iqbal Town / Lahore / Punjab
|
A suicide blast in Lahore killed
at least nine persons and injured more than 35, targeting policemen
standing guard on the eve of the Independence Day.
|
10
|
35
|
9
|
August 21
|
Wah / Islamabad / Punjab
|
Two suicide bombers blew themselves
up at the gates of the Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) in
the high security cantonment town of Wah, around 30 kilometers
from capital Islamabad, killing at least 70 persons in what
was described as the deadliest attack on a military installation
in the country's history.
|
72
|
NS
|
10
|
September 20
|
Marriott Hotel / Islamabad / Punjab
|
A suicide bomber detonated a
truck packed with explosives at the Marriott Hotel in capital
Islamabad, killing at least 60 people. At least 200 people,
including a Pakistan Peoples Party legislator, were injured
in the explosion, which ruptured a gas pipeline and triggered
a huge blaze.
|
61
|
200
|
11
|
October 6
|
Bhakkar / Islamabad / Punjab
|
A suicide bomber blew himself
up in a crowd of people at the house of Rashid Akbar Niwani,
a Shia Member of National Assembly from the PML-N, in Bhakkar,
260-km southwest of Islamabad in Punjab, killing 25 people and
wounding 60 others, including Niwani.
|
26
|
60
|
12
|
October 9
|
Police Lines / Islamabad / Punjab
|
A suspected suicide car bombing
destroyed part of an Anti-Terror Squad building and wounded
at least six policemen in the heavily guarded Police Lines area
in Islamabad.
|
1
|
6
|
Total
|
286
|
710
|
2007
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
January 26
|
Hotel Marriott / Islamabad / Punjab
|
A suicide bomber blew himself
up outside Hotel Marriott in the capital Islamabad, killing
a guard, Tariq Mehmmod, and wounding five persons.
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
February 6
|
Islamabad airport / Punjab
|
A suicide attacker blew himself
up in the car park of Islamabad airport, killing himself and
injuring 10 people, mostly security force personnel.
|
1
|
10
|
3
|
July 17
|
Islamabad / Punjab
|
Approximately 16 people died
and more than 63 were wounded in a suicide bomber attack outside
the venue of a lawyers rally in Islamabad.
|
17
|
63
|
4
|
July 27
|
Islamabad / Punjab
|
At least 15 people, including
eight police personnel, were killed and 53 others wounded, when
a suicide bomber struck a group of police personnel in a restaurant
following a clash between the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) activists
and the police after Friday prayers in Islamabad.
|
16
|
53
|
5
|
September 4
|
RA Bazaar / Rawalpindi / Punjab
|
At least 30 people were killed
and 70 others wounded in two suicide attacks at Qasim Market
and RA Bazaar in the garrison city of Rawalpindi.
|
31
|
70
|
6
|
October 30
|
cantonment area / Rawalpindi / Punjab
|
A suicide bomber killed eight
people, including three police personnel, and injured at least
18 others, including 14 police personnel, when he blew himself
up at a police picket near district courts in the cantonment
area of Rawalpindi.
|
9
|
18
|
7
|
November 1
|
Faisalabad Road / Sargodha / Punjab
|
A suicide bomber rammed his
motorcycle into a Pakistan Air Force (PAF) bus, killing seven
officers of the PAF and three civilians on the Faisalabad Road
in Sargodha in Punjab. At least 28 people were wounded in the
attack.
|
11
|
28
|
8
|
November 24
|
Rawalpindi / Punjab
|
Two suicide bombers simultaneously
targeted military personnel and installations at two different
places in Rawalpindi, claiming over 32 lives and wounding 55
others.
|
33
|
55
|
9
|
December 10
|
Kamra / Punjab
|
Eight persons, including five
schoolchildren, were injured when a suicide bomber exploded
his car targeting a Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) bus
carrying air force employees' children at a military base at
Kamra about 50 kilometres northwest of Islamabad.
|
1
|
8
|
10
|
December 27
|
Liaquat Bagh / Rawalpindi / Punjab
|
31 people were killed and over
100 others wounded when a suicide attacker riding on a motorbike
blew himself up after firing at Benazir who was waving to her
supporters from her vehicle's sun roof in Liaquat Bagh in Rawalpindi.
|
32
|
100
|
Total
|
153
|
405
|
2005
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
May 27
|
Diplomatic Enclave / Islamabad / Punjab
|
At least 25 people, including
a suspected suicide bomber, are killed and approximately 100
others sustain injuries during a powerful explosion at the Bari
Imam shrine of the Shia sect located in vicinity of the diplomatic
enclave in capital Islamabad.
|
25
|
100
|
Total
|
25
|
100
|
2004
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
February 28
|
Satellite Town / Rawalpindi / Punjab
|
A suicide bomber is killed and
four worshippers sustain injuries in an attack on a mosque in
the Satellite Town area of Rawalpindi.
|
1
|
4
|
2
|
July 30
|
Jaffar village / Attock / Punjab
|
Seven persons, including the
attacker, are killed in a suicide bomb attack on the car of
Finance Minister and Prime Minister-designate, Shaukat Aziz,
at village Jaffar in Fateh Jang.
|
7
|
NS
|
3
|
October 1
|
Sialkot / Punjab
|
At least 31 people are killed
and 75 others sustain injuries in a suspected suicide bombing
at a Shia mosque at Sialkot in the Punjab province during the
Friday prayers.
|
32
|
75
|
4
|
October 10
|
Mochi Gate / Lahore / Punjab
|
A suspected suicide bomber reportedly
blew himself up at a Shia mosque in the Mochi Gate area of Lahore,
killing at least five people, including two children, and injuring
six others.
|
6
|
6
|
Total
|
46
|
85
|
2003
S.N.
|
Date
|
Place
/ District
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
1
|
December 25
|
Jhanda Chichi / Rawalpindi / Punjab
|
14 persons were killed and 46
others injured during a second assassination attempt on President
Pervez Musharraf in the Jhanda Chichi area of Rawalpindi. The
President narrowly escaped the suicide assassination attempt
when his motorcade was hit by two explosive laden vehicles.
Both the suicide bombers were also believed to have been killed
in the incident.
|
15
|
46
|
Total
|
15
|
46
|
|