|
|
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
|
|