| 2021 Karachi massacre | |
| Location: | Karachi, Pakistan |
| Target: | Family of Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Date: | 14 August 2021 |
| Time: | 9:30 pm |
| Timezone: | UTC+05:00 |
| Fatalities: | 14 |
| Injuries: | 10 - 15 |
| Victim: | --> |
On 14 August 2021, at 9:30 pm 14 people, including six women and three children, were killed and several others injured in a grenade attack on Independence Day at night in Karachi. All the victims belonged to a family in Khwazakhela, Swat District.
A family of 20 members was on their way to a wedding in a mini-truck when an unidentified man attacked with a grenade. Ambulances of various welfare organizations shifted the injured to the Civil Hospital. Law enforcement agencies (LEAs), including police and Rangers, cordoned off the scene to gather evidence. Initially, the LEAs claimed the incident as a cylinder explosion. Hours later, police confirmed based on the initial report of the Bomb Disposal Squad, that it was a terrorist attack. The BDS report the device a Russian manufactured grenade - RGD-1.[1] [2] [3]
On 17 August a rally protested in Khwazakhela Bazaar of Swat District, chanted slogans and demand the Sindh Police to immediate arrest of the accused.[4]
Interior Minister Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad, Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah and Murtaza Wahab expressed deep sorrow over the tragic incident. And they demanded a detailed report from DG Rangers, IGP Sindh and deputy commissioner Keamari District.[1]
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan telephoned Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and demand for action to arrest and punish the accused.[5]
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, while protesting and condemning the attack, has decided to take up the matter with the Sindh government through the inter-provincial liaison department and send an assembly delegation to Karachi.[6]