| |
|
Sectarian attacks in mosques in Pakistan,
2000-2011
2011
|
S.N.
|
Date
|
Target
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
|
1
|
March 4
|
Akhwand Panju
Baba Shrine / Akbarpura / Nowshera / KP
|
At least 10 persons
were killed and 40 others injured in a powerful bomb blast at
a mosque located in the premises of Akhwand Panju Baba’s shrine
in Akbarpura near Nowshera District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
|
10
|
40
|
|
Total
|
10
|
10
|
2010
|
S.N.
|
Date
|
Target
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
|
1
|
Feb 18
|
Akakhel area / FATA
|
At least 30 persons,
including a LI 'commander', were killed and 110 others injured
in a suicide attack near a mosque in Akakhel area of Tirah valley
in Khyber Agency of FATA.
|
30
|
110
|
| 2 |
May 28
|
Model Town / Garhi Shahu / Lahore
/ Punjab
|
At least 100 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.
|
100
|
92
|
| 3 |
July 14 |
Landi Kotal / Khyber Agency / FATA
|
A powerful explosion shattered
Masjid-e-Ishkhel mosque and some shrines in Landi Kotal tehsil
of Khyber Agency.
|
0
|
0
|
| 4 |
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 in the evening.
|
3
|
20
|
| 5 |
August 23 |
Wana / South Waziristan Agency / FATA
|
26 persons, including a former
member of the National Assembly (NA) were killed and 40 others
injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque
in Wana town of South Waziristan in FATA at 3 pm (PST).
|
27
|
40
|
| 6 |
September 26 |
Bahawalpur / Punjab
|
Two persons were killed and seven
others injured when unidentified assailants attacked a mosque
in a suspected sectarian attack in Bahawalpur of Punjab in the
morning.
|
2
|
7
|
| 7 |
October 7 |
Abdullah Shah Ghazi / Clifton / Karachi / Sindh
|
Nine persons, including two children,
were killed and over 65 others sustained injuries when two suicide
bombers blew themselves up at the shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi
in the Clifton area of Karachi in Sindh.
|
12
|
65
|
| 8 |
October 25 |
Baba Farid Shrine / Pakpattan / Punjab
|
A bomb explosion at the eastern
gate of the Baba Farid Shrine in Pakpattan District of Punjab
killed at least six persons, including three women and injuring
several others.
|
6
|
NS
|
|
Total
|
180
|
334
|
2009
|
S.N.
|
Date
|
Target
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
|
1
|
Feb
3
|
Dera
Ismail Khan / NWFP
|
A
man was killed and 18 others injured in a hand grenade attack
on a Sunni mosque at Mohallah Joginwala in the Dera Ismail Khan
District of NWFP.
|
1
|
18
|
|
2
|
Feb
5
|
Dera
Ghazi Khan / Punjab
|
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
|
|
3
|
Mar
5
|
Dera
Ismail Khan / NWFP
|
One
person was killed and 19 others sustained injuries when a hand-grenade
hurled by unidentified miscreants at the worshippers exploded
in Ameer Hamza mosque on Circular Road in Dera Ismail Khan.
|
1
|
19
|
|
4
|
Mar
15
|
Dera
Ismail Khan / NWFP
|
Two
Sunnis, identified as Muhammad Shoaib and Asad Khan, were shot
dead in Dera Ismail Khan, when they were coming out of a mosque.
|
2
|
0
|
|
5
|
Mar
22
|
Tank
/ NWFP
|
An
Imambargah (a Shia place of worship) was partially damaged by
an explosion near the building in Tank city.
|
0
|
0
|
|
6
|
Mar
27
|
Jamrud
/ FATA
|
83
persons, including 16 Security Force personnel, were killed
and over 100 injured in a suicide attack on a mosque at Peshawar-Torkham
Highway in the Jamrud sub-division of Khyber Agency in FATA.
|
84
|
100
|
|
7
|
April
5
|
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
|
|
8
|
May
6
|
Dera
Ismail Khan / NWFP
|
14
worshippers were wounded when unidentified motorcyclists lobbed
a hand grenade at a mosque in Dera Ismail Khan.
|
0
|
14
|
|
9
|
June
5
|
Upper
Dir / NWFP
|
A
suicide bomber killed 49 worshippers, including 12 children,
at a mosque in a remote village of the Upper Dir District of
NWFP.
|
50
|
NS
|
|
10
|
June
12
|
Nowshera
/ NWFP
|
Five
worshippers were killed and 105 others sustained injuries when
a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden van into a mosque
during the Friday prayers in the Cantonment area of Nowshera
in the NWFP.
|
6
|
105
|
|
11
|
Aug
23
|
Mamoonzai
/ FATA
|
A
security official was killed and two others wounded when unidentified
gunmen opened fire in a mosque during the Taraveeh prayers in
Mamoonzai area in Khar sub-division of Bajaur Agency.
|
1
|
2
|
|
12
|
Sept
18
|
Hangu
/ NWFP
|
Hangu
District Nazim (Mayor) Haji Khan Afzal was killed and three
others injured in a bomb attack at a mosque in the Wajh area
of Hangu District.
|
1
|
3
|
|
13
|
Dec
4
|
Rawalpindi
/ Punjab
|
40
persons, including 17 children besides serving and retired Army
officers and personnel, were killed and over 86 others injured,
when a Friday congregation at the Parade Lanes mosque in Rawalpindi.
|
40
|
86
|
|
14
|
Dec
6
|
Malangi
/ FATA
|
Two
anti-Taliban tribal elders, identified as Khan Wali and Rehmatullah,
were killed and another two were injured in a remote-controlled
bomb blast near a mosque in Malangi area under Mamond tehsil
of FATA.
|
2
|
2
|
|
15
|
Dec
18
|
Lower
Dir / NWFP
|
12
persons, mostly worshippers, were killed and 32 others sustained
injuries when a suicide bomber blew up his explosives-laden
van near a mosque in the Police Lines in Lower Dir District
of NWFP.
|
13
|
32
|
|
16
|
Dec
24
|
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
|
|
17
|
Dec
27
|
Muzaffarabad
/ PoK
|
At
least 15 persons, including two Policemen were killed and over
100 injured when a suicide bomber ripped through a Muharram
procession near an Imambargah in Muzaffarabad of PoK.
|
16
|
100
|
|
Total
|
277
|
671
|
2008
|
S.N.
|
Date
|
Target
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
|
1
|
Jan 17
|
Peshawar / NWFP
|
At least 12 persons
were killed and 25 others wounded when a suicide bomber blew
himself up in an Imambargah in Peshawar.
|
12
|
25
|
|
2
|
Feb
14
|
Mach
/ Balochistan
|
Four
children and a man were injured when a bomb exploded near a
mosque in the coalmine town of Mach.
|
0
|
5
|
|
3
|
Feb15
|
Qadirabad
/ Balochistan
|
A
boy was killed and three others sustained injuries when a landmine
planted near the Hashima Mosque exploded in the Qadirabad village
of Noshki District
|
1
|
3
|
|
4
|
May
19
|
Dabar
/ FATA
|
Three
civilians were killed and two others sustained injuries when
an improvised explosive device exploded outside a mosque in
the Dabar area of Khar in Bajaur Agency in the FATA.
|
3
|
2
|
|
5
|
June
16
|
Dera
Ismail Khan / NWFP
|
A
bomb exploded inside a Shia mosque killing at least four people
and injuring two others in the Dera Ismail Khan District of
NWFP.
|
4
|
2
|
|
6
|
Sept
10
|
Maskanai
/ NWFP
|
At
least 25 worshippers were killed and 50 others injured in a
grenade-and-gun attack inside a mosque in the Maskanai area
of lower Dir in NWFP.
|
25
|
50
|
|
7
|
Sept
25
|
Khyber Agency /
FATA
|
Suspected Taliban
militants killed one person and abducted another from the Jamia
Azizia mosque in the Khyber Agency of FATA.
|
1
|
0
|
|
8
|
Oct
27
|
Baldia
/ Karachi
|
Four
persons, including an imam (prayer leader) and a seminary teacher
were killed and several others injured, when suspected militants
opened fire on them as they were leaving the mosque after offering
Asr (afternoon) prayers at Baldia Town in Karachi.
|
4
|
NS
|
|
9
|
Nov
20
|
Badan
/ FATA
|
The
chief of a tribal Lashkar and eight other persons were killed
when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque in the Badan
village of Bajaur Agency.
|
9
|
0
|
|
10
|
Nov
22
|
Tull
/ NWFP
|
Five
people, including two children, were killed and seven others
injured when a bomb exploded in a mosque in the Tull tehsil
of Hangu district in the NWFP.
|
5
|
7
|
|
11
|
Dec
5
|
Peshawar / NWFP
|
A
car bomb explosion outside an Imambargah near the Qisakhwani
Bazaar in Peshawar, capital of the NWFP, killed at least 34
persons and injured more than 150.
|
34
|
150
|
|
12
|
Dec
9
|
Buner
/ NWFP
|
A
child was killed and four others were injured in a suicide blast
on an Eidgah (open-air mosque) in the Nari Oba area of Buner
District in NWFP.
|
2
|
4
|
|
Total
|
100
|
248
|
2007
|
S.N.
|
Date
|
Target
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
| |
Jan
27
|
Peshawar
/ NWFP
|
15
people, including six police officials, were killed and 60 others
injured in a suicide attack targeting a Muharram procession
near Qasim Ali Khan Mosque in the Dilgaran area of Qissa Khawani
Bazaar in Peshawar, capital of NWFP.
|
15
|
60
|
| |
April
6
|
Kurram
Agency / FATA
|
Three
people were killed and 13 injured when Shias were attacked in
an Imambargah in Kurram Agency of FATA.
|
3
|
13
|
| |
May
22
|
Bara
/ FATA
|
Two
activists of the Lashkar-i-Islam were killed and three others
wounded when supporters of the rival Ansar-ul-Islam attacked
a mosque with mortar shells in the Shah Kot area of Bara in
FATA.
|
2
|
3
|
| |
July
19
|
Kohat
/ NWFP
|
15
persons, including a prayer leader and two children, were killed
and several people injured when a suicide bomber blew himself
up during night prayers at a mosque at Pathan Lines Centre in
the Kohat Cantonment area of NWFP.
|
15
|
NS
|
| |
Sept
23
|
Satellite
/ Quetta
|
A
bomb blast occurred in satellite town near Muhammadi Masjid
(mosque) in Quetta.
|
0
|
0
|
| |
Dec
21
|
Charsadda
/ NWFP
|
At
least 50 persons were killed and 80 others injured when a suicide
bomber blew himself up in the midst of worshippers offering
Id-ul-Adha prayers at the Markazi Jamia Masjid Sherpao in Charsadda,
20-km from Peshawar in the NWFP.
|
50
|
80
|
|
Total
|
85
|
156
|
2005
|
S.N.
|
Date
|
Target
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
|
1
|
Jan
30
|
Karachi
/ Sindh
|
Two
unidentified assailants open fire outside a mosque in Karachi
killing Maulana Haroon Qasmi, a cleric belonging to the outlawed
SSP and his bodyguard.
|
2
|
0
|
|
2
|
May
27
|
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
|
|
3
|
May
30
|
Karachi
/ Sindh
|
Six
people, including two of the three assailants, among them a
suicide bomber, are killed and 19 persons sustain injuries during
an explosion in the courtyard of a Shia mosque at Gulshan-e-Iqbal
in Karachi.
|
6
|
19
|
|
4
|
July
21
|
Khapyanga
/ NWFP
|
At
least two members of a Tablighi Jamaat, Salahuddin and Muhammad
Rahman, are killed and four persons sustain injuries when some
unidentified people hurled a hand grenade at them in a mosque
in the Khapyanga village of Kurram Agency in the NWFP.
|
2
|
4
|
|
Total
|
35
|
123
|
2004
|
S.N.
|
Date
|
Target
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
|
1
|
Feb
28
|
Rawalpindi
/ Punjab
|
A
suicide bomber is killed and four worshippers sustain injuries
in an attack on an mosque in the Satellite Town area of Rawalpindi.
|
1
|
4
|
|
2
|
May
7
|
Karachi
/ Sindh
|
At
least 15 Shia worshippers and a suspected suicide bomber are
killed and over 200 persons sustain injuries when a powerful
bomb exploded at Hyderi Mosque in the Mithadar area of Karachi.
|
16
|
100
|
|
3
|
May
30
|
Karachi
/ Sindh
|
The
pro-Taliban Sunni cleric and chief of Binoria mosque in Karachi,
Mufti Nizamuddin Shamzai, is killed and his son, nephew and
driver are wounded, when armed men ambushed their vehicle in
front of the mosque.
|
1
|
3
|
|
4
|
May
31
|
Karachi
/ Sindh
|
At
least 24 worshippers are killed and 34 others sustain injuries
when a high-intensity bomb explodes during the evening prayers
at a Shia mosque situated on the MA Jinnah Road in Karachi.
|
24
|
34
|
|
5
|
Aug
8
|
Karachi
/ Sindh
|
At
least 10 people, including a three-year-old boy, are killed
and 50 others sustain injuries in two bomb explosions near the
Binoria mosque and seminary in Karachi.
|
10
|
50
|
|
6
|
Oct
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 during the Friday prayers.
|
31
|
75
|
|
7
|
Oct
10
|
Lahore
/ Punjab
|
Five
people killed and six others injured as a suicide bomber blows
himself up at a Shia mosque in the Mochi Gate area of Lahore.
|
5
|
6
|
|
Total
|
88
|
272
|
2003
|
S.N.
|
Date
|
Target
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
|
1
|
Jan
31
|
Faisalabad
/ Punjab
|
Unidentified
assailants kill a prayer leader and a worshipper and injure
two others after opening indiscriminate fire inside a mosque
in Faisalabad.
|
2
|
2
|
|
2
|
Feb
6
|
Karachi
/ Sindh
|
A
religious preacher is killed by two unidentified assailants
in front of a mosque in the Jauharabad area of Karachi.
|
1
|
0
|
|
3
|
Feb
22
|
Karachi
/ Sindh
|
Nine
persons are shot dead and seven more wounded in an attack by
unidentified armed persons outside a mosque in Rafah-i-Aam Society,
Karachi.
|
9
|
7
|
|
4
|
July
4
|
Quetta
/ Balochistan
|
At
least 53 persons are killed and 57 others injured as three armed
terrorists, including a suspected suicide bomber, attack a Shiite
Muslim mosque in Quetta, capital of the Southwestern Balochistan
province, during the Friday prayers
|
53
|
57
|
|
Total
|
65
|
66
|
2002
|
S.N.
|
Date
|
Target
|
Incidents
|
killed
|
Injured
|
|
1
|
Nov
17
|
Karachi
/ Sindh
|
Four
unidentified assailants kill an Afghan Taliban, the chief priest
at a Karachi mosque, within the mosque compound.
|
1
|
0
|
|
