Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2016 explained

This is a list of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2016. Pakistan was the 10th most dangerous country by criminality index in 2016.[1]

January

13 January - At least 15 people are killed and several injured after a bomb explodes near a polio centre near the Pakistani city of Quetta.[2] [3]

20 January - At least 20 people are killed and 60 wounded after gunmen open fire at Bacha Khan University.[4] [5] [6]

See main article: Bacha Khan University attack.

29 January - A suicide bomber, attempted to enter Cantonement area in Zhob District when the Friday prayers were underway and blew himself at a check-post after security personnel signalled him to stop. Seven people were injured.Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility.[7]

February

6 February - At least 9 people were killed and several others were wounded when a suicide bomber hit a vehicle of Frontier Corps (FC) in Quetta.[8] [9]

March

7 March - At least 10 people including three police constables were killed and 14 others were injured in a suicide blast in the premises of a local court in Charsadda district in Pakistan's troubled northwest, DPO Charsadda Khalid Sohail told Dunya News.[10]

16 March - A bomb detonates in a bus carrying government employees in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 17 and injuring at least 53.[11]

See main article: 2016 Peshawar bus bombing.

27 March - At least 74 people were killed and 338 others were injured in a suicide bombing that hit the main entrance of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, one of the largest parks in Lahore.[12]

See main article: 2016 Lahore suicide bombing.

April

19 April - At least one person was killed and 17 others wounded on April 19 after a suicide bomber attacked an Excise and Taxation office in Mardan, police and officials said.

June

22 June - Pakistani Sufi singer Amjad Sabri shot dead in Karachi.[13]

August

8 August - A bomb blast outside a hospital where lawyers had gathered to mourn the death of a prominent lawyer killed at least 70 people in Quetta

See main article: August 2016 Quetta attacks.

September

2 September - At least 14 killed, 52 wounded in suicide blast at Mardan district courts in Peshawar.

13 September - A suicide bomber injured between 10 and 13 people, four of whom were policemen.[14] The attack occurred in Shikarpur a city in Sindh.[15] Other Suicide bomber, who was arrested in Shikarpur had got training in Afghanistan.

16 September - At least 23 people were killed and dozens more injured when a suicide bomber detonated his vest in the veranda of a mosque during Friday prayers in the Mohmand Tribal District, bordering Afghanistan.[16]

See main article: 2016 Mohmand mosque bombing.

October

24 October - At least 3 militants stormed a police training center in Quetta and took between 200 and 500 cadets hostage.[17] Two of the attackers blew themselves up while the third attacker was killed. At least 60 people were killed and more than 190 people were injured. The attack was claimed by Islamic State.[18] [19]

See main article: 2016 Quetta police training college attack.

25 October - A police officer was killed when an IED bomb targeting polio workers went off in the city of Peshawar.[20]

26 October - A polio vaccinator was gunned down on Wednesday. The attack occurred in Jamrud and town in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[21]

28 October - Lt Col Sufiyan FC Awaran received sniper bullets injuries to both legs during an ambush near Doleji post Awaran Balochistan.

29 October - 5 people were killed when unidentified assailants opened fire at a religious gathering in Karachi's Nazimabad area.[22]

November

See main article: 2016 Khuzdar bombing.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Human Rights Risk Data & Indices.
  2. Web site: Blast near Quetta polio centre kills 14; TTP claims responsibility. Syed Ali. Shah. 13 January 2016.
  3. Web site: At least 15 killed in suicide blast near polio centre in Quetta - The Express Tribune. 13 January 2016.
  4. News: Gunmen attack Pakistan university, kill at least eight people. Reuters. 2016-01-20. 2016-01-20.
  5. Web site: Edhi volunteer claims 15 killed in terror attack on Bacha Khan University Charsadda. www.dawn.com. 2016-01-20. 2016-01-20.
  6. Web site: LIVE: Seven killed, 12 injured as gunmen attack Bacha Khan University in Charsadda – The Express Tribune. The Express Tribune. 2016-01-20. en-US.
  7. Web site: Six security personnel, child injured in Zhob suicide blast - The Express Tribune. 29 January 2016.
  8. Web site: Nine killed, 34 injured as suicide attack targets security forces' vehicle in Quetta . Syed Ali Shah. 6 February 2016. Dawn.com . 2 June 2017.
  9. Web site: 10 killed in Quetta blast targeting FC . 6 February 2016. The Express Tribune.
  10. Web site: Suicide bomber kills at least 10 at Pakistan court. Reuters. 7 March 2015. 10 March 2016.
  11. Web site: 15 people die in Peshawar bus bombing. DAWN. 16 March 2016. 16 March 2016.
  12. Web site: At least 69 dead after suicide attack in Lahore park. DAWN. 26 March 2016. 26 March 2016.
  13. Web site: They killed him - The Express Tribune. 22 June 2016.
  14. Web site: At least 13 injured as police foil suicide blasts targeting Eid prayers in Shikarpur . Mohammad Hussain Khan . Azhar Gul Sarki. 13 September 2016. dawn.com . 2 June 2017.
  15. Web site: Eid day attack injures 10 in Shikarpur Imambargah - The Express Tribune. 13 September 2016.
  16. Web site: At least 24 killed in suicide blast at Mohmand Agency mosque during Friday prayers . Ali Akbar. 16 September 2016. dawn.com . 2 June 2017.
  17. Web site: Quetta attack: Death toll rises to 59 as security forces eliminate threat. www.thenews.com.pk.
  18. Web site: Pakistan militants attack Quetta police college. bbc.com. BBC. October 24, 2016.
  19. Web site: At Least 59 Die as Militants Storm Police College Near Quetta, Pakistan. The New York Times. October 24, 2016.
  20. Web site: Police officer killed as polio team targeted in Peshawar IED blast . 25 October 2016. Dawn.com.
  21. Web site: Polio vaccinator gunned down in Khyber Agency . 26 October 2016. The Express Tribune.
  22. Web site: Four killed in firing at religious gathering in Karachi's Nazimabad . Imtiaz Ali. 29 October 2016. Dawn.com . 2 June 2017.
  23. Web site: At least 52 killed, 102 injured in blast at Khuzdar shrine . Syed Ali Shah . Imtiaz Ali . Ismail Sasoli. 12 November 2016. Dawn.com | Reuters . 2 June 2017.
  24. Web site: Three FC men killed in TTP-JA blast at funeral in Peshawar - The Express Tribune. 22 November 2016.
  25. Web site: Three security men killed in Peshawar blast. Manzoor Ali. 23 November 2016. dawn.com . 2 June 2017.
  26. Web site: Man killed, three hurt in Chaman blast . The Newspaper's Correspondent. 22 November 2016. dawn.com.
  27. Web site: 4 suicide bombers, 2 soldiers killed in attack on FC camp in Mohmand . Ali Akbar . Abdullah Malik . 26 November 2016. dawn.com . 2 June 2017.
  28. Web site: Two killed in gun attack on oil exploration company's vehicle in Gwadar . Syed Ali Shah . 26 November 2016 . dawn.com . 2 June 2017.

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