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Suicide Attacks in Sindh since 2002

2018

S.N.

Date

Place / District

Incidents

killed
Injured
1
January 16

Malir Cantt / Karachi / Sindh

Three militants were killed in an attempted suicide attack on SSP Malir Rao Anwar when his convoy comes under attack in Malir Cantt area of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh. At least four Policemen travelling in the convoy sustained bullet wounds.

3
4
Total*
3
4
*Data till June 17, 2018

2017

S.N.

Date

Place / District

Incidents

killed
Injured
1
February 16

Sehwan Sharif / Jamshoro District

At least 88 people were killed when a suicide bomber attacked the crowded Sufi shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan Sharif town of Jamshoro District in Sindh, injuring at least 343 others.

89
343
Total*
89
343

2016

S.N.

Date

Place / District

Incidents

killed
Injured
1
September 12

Khanpur / Shikarpur District

At least 13 persons, including five Policemen, were injured as Police foiled two separate suicide blasts during Eid prayers in Khanpur tehsil of Shikarpur District in Sindh.

1
13
Total*
1
13

2015

S.N.

Date

Place / District

Incidents

killed
Injured
1
March 20

Sharae Noor Jehan PS / North Nazimabad Town / Karachi

At least two Rangers personnel, identified as Yar Mohammad and Qasim, and passerby woman, identified as Saeeda, was killed and four others including two civilians were injured in a suicide blast targeted with VBIED near Shadman Town within the remits of the Sharae Noor Jehan Police Station in North Nazimabad Town of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.

4
4
Total*
4
4

2014

S.N.

Date

Place / District

Incidents

killed
Injured
1

January 9

Lyari Expressway / Karachi

Three Policemen, CID SP Chaudhry Aslam Khan was killed and 10 others were injured when a suicide bomber smashed his car into Aslam's convoy near Essa Nagri at the Lyari Expressway. TTP claimed responsibility for the attack. TTP Mohmand Chapter 'spokesperson', Sajjad Mohmand said that the group has carried out a "successful" attack to take revenge for several Taliban members killed by the Police.

4
10
2
January 29 North Nazimabad / Karachi

Two Rangers and the security guard of a nearby telephone exchange were killed while two passersby were wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the main entrance of the Headquarters of Pakistan Rangers Sacchal Wing in the North Nazimabad Town of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.

4
2
3
February 13

Razzakabad Police Training Center / Shah Latif Town / Karachi

At least 13 Policemen were killed and 58 others were injured in a suicide blast targeting a bus carrying 50 Police officers near the gate of Razzakabad Police Training Center in Shah Latif Town of Karachi. TTP 'spokesman' Shahidullah Shahid said, "We carried out the attack against the Police because they are killing our people".

14
58
4
February 14

Qayyumabad / Korangi Town / Karachi

Four people were injured when a suicide bomber attacked the patrolling vehicle of Rangers' Sector Commander, Brigadier Basit, in Qayyumabad area of Korangi Town of Karachi.

1
4
5
April 24 Old Sabzi Mandi / Karachi

Four persons including a senior Policeman Inspector Shafiq Tanoli were killed in a suicide attack in Old Sabzi Mandi area of Karachi.

5
0
Total
28
74

2013

S.N.

Date

Place / District

Incidents

killed
Injured
1

July 10

Guru Mandir / Jamshed Town / Karachi / Sindh

The chief security officer of President Asif Ali Zardari since 2008, Bilal Sheikh, and two others, including his driver Irfan Sheikh and a fruit vendor Abdul Rehman, was killed while over a dozen others were wounded in a suicide attack near Guru Mandir in Jamshed Town of Karachi (Karachi District), the provincial capital of Sindh.

4
12
2
November 22 Ancholi / Gulberg Town / Karachi

At least seven people were killed and 40 others were injured in twin suicide blasts near a roadside tea stall in Shia dominated Ancholi area of Gulberg Town in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh. The Associate Producer of Geo News program "Geo FIR", Salik Ali Jaffery was also among the victims.

9
40
3
December 20 Old Sabzi Mandi / Jamshed Town / Karachi

At least two people were killed and 25 others were injured in a suicide attack targeting a Police officer's car that was parked outside his house in Old Sabzi Mandi area of Jamshed Town in Karachi.

3
25
Total
16
77

2012

S.N.

Date

Place / District

Incidents

killed
Injured
1

April 5

Malir / Karachi

A suicide bomber targeted a senior Police Officer, Superintendent of Police (SP) Anwar Ahmed Khan, said to be a leading name in the crackdown on militants, killing four passers-by and injuring 17 others in the Malir area of Karachi.

5
17
2
November 8

Sachal Rangers Headquarters / North Nazimabad Block B / Karachi

At least three Rangers personnel were killed and 14 others injured in a suicide attack outside the Sachal Rangers Headquarters in North Nazimabad Block B area of Karachi. Mullah Fazlullah faction of TTP claimed responsibility for the attack.

4
14
3
November 21

Orangi Town / Karachi

At least three persons, including a suicide bomber, were killed and four others were injured in two bomb blasts near the Haider-e-Karrar Imambargah in Orangi Town area within Peerabad Police Station of Karachi.

3
4
Total
12
35

2011

S.N.

Date

Place / District

Incidents

killed
Injured
1

September 19

Darakhshan / Karachi / Sindh

At least eight people were killed and 30 others injured in a suicide car bomb attack targeting SSP CID Chaudhry Aslam in the Darakhshan area of Karachi.

9
30
2
November 16

Clifton / Karachi / Sindh

At least seven persons, including five terrorists and two Policemen, were killed in a blast in a hi-roof van of suspected terrorists at Sea View at Clifton in Karachi.

7
0
3
November 18

Rao Israr Apartments / Gulistan-e-Jauhar / Karachi

A Yemeni national and an alleged al Qaeda 'commander' Abdul Moeedul Islam blew himself up with a Russian made hand grenade during a raid by paramilitary soldiers in Rao Israr Apartments of Gulistan-e-Jauhar area in Karachi.

1
0
Total
17
30

2010

S.N.

Date

Place / District

Incidents

killed
Injured
1

October 7

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
Total
12
65

2009

S.N.

Date

Place / District

Incidents

killed
Injured
1

December 28

Karachi / Sindh

A suicide bomber targeted Pakistan's largest procession of Shiite Muslims on their holiest day of Ashura, killing at least 30 people and injuring more than 63 persons.

31
63
Total
31
63

2008

S.N.

Date

Place / District

Incidents

killed
Injured
1

September 26

Karachi / Sindh

Three would-be suicide bombers, suspected to be cadres of the LeJ, were killed along with a handcuffed hostage when one of the bombers blew himself up following a police raid on a house in Karachi.

5
0
Total
5
0


2007

S.N.

Date

Place / District

Incidents

killed
Injured
1

October 18

Karachi / Sindh

A suicide bombing in a crowd welcoming former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto killed 143 persons and injured approximately 550 others in Karachi.

144
550
Total
144
550


2006

S.N.

Date

Place / District

Incidents

killed
Injured
1

March 2

US consulate / Karachi / Sindh

A US diplomat, identified as David Fyfe, his Pakistani driver and a Rangers official were killed and 54 persons injured in a suicide car bombing near the US consulate in Karachi.

4
54
2

April 11

Nishtar Park / Karachi / Sindh

At least 57 people, including prominent Islamist clerics, are killed and more than 200 people sustained injuries in a suicide bomb attack at Nishtar Park in Karachi.

58
200
Total
62
254


2005

S.N.

Date

Place / District

Incidents

killed
Injured
1

May 30

Gulshan-e-Iqbal / 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
Total
6
19


2004

S.N.

Date

Place / District

Incidents

killed
Injured
1

May 7

Mithadar / Karachi / Sindh

15 Shia worshippers and a suspected suicide bomber are killed and over 200 persons sustain injuries when a powerful bomb exploded at Hyderi Mosque, situated within the premises of the seminary Sindh Madrasa-tul-Islam, in the Mithadar area of Karachi.

16
200
2

May 31

MA Jinnah Road / Karachi / Sindh

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.

25
34
Total
41
234


2002

S.N.

Date

Place / District

Incidents

killed
Injured
1

May 8

Sheraton Hotel / Karachi / Sindh

Nine French nationals and five Pakistanis, including a suspected suicide bomber, are killed and 34 more injured in a bomb explosion inside a bus opposite Sheraton Hotel, Karachi.

15
34
Total
15
34

 

 

 

 

 
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