What's new

Acts of Terrorism in Pakistan

Karachi: 5 killed in violent incidents.
November 10, 2012 - Updated 1415 PKT
From Web Edition

KARACHI: Five persons were gunned down across the metropolis in various violent incidents Saturday, Geo News reported.

According to police, unknown gunmen killed a man in Korangi area while four bodies were found from Purana Golimar bearing gunshots.

The bodies were shifted to the hospital for medico-legal formalities. The victims were identified as Shahid, Babar, Qadir and Munawar.

Initial investigation suggested that the incident took place due to the dispute between the two groups while the relatives of the deceased said that unidentified attackers ambushed them inside their house and killed them.

Further investigations are underway.

Karachi: 5 killed in violent incidents - thenews.com.pk
 
.
Four more shot dead in Quetta violence.
Last Updated On 10 November,2012 About 51 minutes ago

Gunmen shot dead four more people and wounded three others Saturday in a fresh sectarian attack.


According to police, the shooting took place in the provincial capital Quetta which is rich in oil and gas deposits but deeply impoverished and unstable.

"Six persons from the Shiite Hazara community were passing from the Jinnah road in a taxicab when they were targeted by two gunmen waiting for them at a traffic signal," Anwar Ali, a senior police official told AFP.

"Two persons were killed at the spot while one succumbed to his injuries in the hospital. The gunmen fled the crime scene on a motorcycle," he said.

Another local police official who reached the crime scene soon after the incident confirmed the toll.

Baluchistan is rife with Islamist militancy, sectarian violence between majority Sunnis and minority Shiite Muslims and a regional insurgency waged by separatists.

On Tuesday gunmen shot dead three Shiite Muslims from the Hazara community in a similar attack in Quetta which also left two others wounded.

Violence has surged in the province this year and human rights activists have raised concerns about an increase in targeted killings.

In September the advocacy group Human Rights Watch said more than 100 Shiites had been killed in sectarian attacks in Baluchistan this year.

Dunya News: Pakistan:- Four more shot dead in Quetta violence...

2 Killed in Peshawar.
News Comments (0)
INP 36 min ago | Comments (0)

PESHAWAR - Unidentified gunmen on Saturday killed a man and injured his wife when they sprayed bullets after breaking into their house in Chamkani area of Peshawar.
According to police, unidentified culprits opened fire on a couple in the vicinity of Chamkani police station in Peshawar that killed the man on the spot while his wife was severely injured.
After the attack, the gunmen successfully escaped from the scene while the injured woman was shifted to Lady Reading Hospital.
Police said that the incident is the result of family enmity.
Meanwhile, a beheaded dead body was recovered in fields of Daudzai area of Peshawar.
The body could not be identified till filing of this report.

Couple ambushed in Peshawar, man killed | Pakistan Today | Latest news | Breaking news | Pakistan News | World news | Business | Sport and Multimedia
 
.
Bannu shootout: ‘Baitullah’s nephew’ among three killed.
By Our CorrespondentPublished: November 12, 2012

Officials identify men as Muhammad Ibrahim and Asmatullah. ILLUSTRATION: JAMAL KHURSHID
BANNU:
Two suspected militants, including a nephew of the slain Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) founder Baitullah Mehsud, and policeman were killed in a firefight on the outskirts of Bannu city on Sunday.
“Around 6:00pm two men travelling in an auto rickshaw were signalled by Constable Muhammad Arif at Abshar Chowk to stop for checking,” Mir Qadir Shah, an official of Basya Khel police, told The Express Tribune.
The men, however, opened fire at the constable killing him on the spot.
“They also snatched his rifle and fled,” Shah said. As the two men reached the Basya Khel checkpoint, police waved to stop them but they opened fire and in retaliatory fire both were killed.
Police recovered four AK-47 assault rifles, four hand grenades, 12 magazines, two wireless sets, two mobile phones and one pistol from the three-wheeler, the official said. The bodies of the alleged militants were taken to the District Headquarters Hospital for autopsy.
The official identified them as Muhammad Ibrahim and Asmatullah. According to intelligence information, Ibrahim was a nephew of Baitullah Mehsud, the TTP founding chief who was killed in a US drone strike in South Waziristan in 2009.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 12th, 2012.

Bannu shootout:
 
.
2 killed, 10 FC soldiers injured in Quetta bombing
News Comments (0)
STAFF REPORT 54 min ago

QUETTA - Two people were killed and 10 paramilitary soldiers injured in a bomb blast that targeted a Frontier Corp checkpost on Quetta’s Airport Road on Tuesday. Reports said a bomb planted on a bicycle exploded as an FC mobile van passed along the checkpost set up at Alam Chowk. As a result, two citizens were killed, while 10 FC soldiers were injured.
Several other vehicles in the surroundings were also damaged by the explosion.
Following the incident, FC and rescue teams reached the spot and cordoned off the area. They moved the injured soldiers to the CMH and the bodies to Civil Hospital. A probe into the incident has been initiated and an important breakthrough is expected, police said. According to the Bomb Disposal Squad, about five to 10 kilogrammes of explosives were used in the blast. They, however, did not say whether the bomb was a timed device or remotely detonated.

2 killed, 10 FC soldiers injured in Quetta bombing | Pakistan Today | Latest news | Breaking news | Pakistan News | World news | Business | Sport and Multimedia
 
.
Twin blasts in Kurram Agency injure five | DAWN.COM

KURRAM AGENCY: Twin road side blasts in upper Kurram tribal region on Wednesday wounded five civilians, officials told Dawn.com.

Tribesmen travelling on foot were hit by the improvised explosive devices (IED) planted on the roadside in Kurram tribal agency, said an official, adding that three of the people were injured in Spina Shaga area while two were injured in Pewar Tangi area of upper Kurram agency.

The injured, who were shifted to Agency Headquarters Hospital Parachinar, were stated to be stable according to the hospital sources.

Kurram agency, which is close to the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, is one of the seven regions in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), governed by tribal laws. An extremist insurgency led by the Pakistani Taliban plagues the region while the area is known to be infested with militants, including the al Qaeda, Taliban and several other armed extremist organisations.
 
.
2 Members of security forces killed in Pakistan.
Published November 13, 2012

Two members of Pakistan's Frontier Corps died Tuesday when a pre-positioned bomb exploded as their vehicle was driving by in the western city of Quetta, a police commander told Efe.
The attack occurred about noon on the road linking the city to the airport. The bomb was placed on board a motorcycle that was parked along the road and detonated just as the FC vehicle passed by, Mohammed Rafiq said.
Eleven other people, including civilians, were wounded in the blast, he said.
Quetta is the capital of strife-racked Baluchistan, Pakistan's poorest province despite the fact that it possesses substantial natural resources like gas and minerals.
Shortly after the creation of Pakistan in 1947, several armed groups began operating in the region fighting for secession or for greater autonomy, and Taliban factions and other jihadist groups have taken refuge in the northern part of the zone.
Sectarian attacks against the Shiite minority alternate with frequent attacks by separatist militias against the security forces and government officials. EFE

2 Members of security forces killed in Pakistan | Fox News Latino
 
.
Quetta: 2 more Hazara men shot dead

Police sources say unknown gunmen riding motorbikes opened fire on the victim in the Akhtarabad area

Two persons of Hazara community were injured as a result of gunfire in Quetta on Thursday morning.

According to Police unknown gunmen riding motorbikes opened fire on the victim in the Akhtarabad area.

The injured were immediately shifted to Bolan Medical Complex where their condition is reported to be critical.

Radio Pakistan- Police sources say unknown gunmen riding motorbikes opened fire on the victim in the Akhtarabad area
 
.
Zhob: 2 security personnel killed in suicide bomb blast near Frontier Corps headquarters.

At least two security personnel were killed in a suicide bomb blast near Frontier Corps headquarters in Zhob early on Friday morning

According to police‚ a vehicle loaded with explosives material hit the boundary wall of the headquarter.

As a result of blast two FC personnel and a terrorist who was driving the vehicle were killed on the spot.

Radio Pakistan- At least two security personnel were killed in a suicide bomb blast near Frontier Corps headquarters

ASI dies in encounter with car-lifters in Islamabad

Friday, November 16, 2012 12:10:26 PM
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: A police constable was killed and another was other injured during an exchange of gunfire between police and car-lifters in the federal capital this morning, CNBC Pakistan reports Friday.

According to sources, police received a tip-off that some unidentified miscreants are making away with a stolen car in a renowned commercial center of the city—Karachi Company. Police were chasing car-thieves when they opened fire at the police party, injuring two police personnel including an ASI.

The injured policemen were taken to hospital, where an ASI succumbed to his injuries.

Returning the gun attack, police captured a car-lifter while two other miscreants managed to flee the scene. –CNBC Pakistan

http://www.cnbcpakistan.com/ASI-dies-in-encounter-with-car-lifters-in-Islamabad-news-10883.html

Violence: Two Killed, Two Injured In Balochistan.
Fri, Nov 16th, 2012

QUETTA: Two people were killed and two others were injured in separate incidents of violence in different parts of Balochistan on Thursday.

In yet another sectarian attack, two Hazaras were injured in a firing incident in the provincial capital’s Mengalabad area. According to police sources, unknown assailants opened fire on a vehicle heading to Hazarganji market from Hazara Town, injuring Zikar Hasan and Mohammad Ibrahim.

“The vehicle was close to a police convoy when it was attacked,” a police official informed The Express Tribune, adding that the assailants escaped after police opened fire in return. The injured were rushed to the Bolan Medical Complex. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.

In another incident, a teacher was gunned down in Panjgur district’s Chatkan area. Police officials said unidentified armed men shot Abdul Ahad, a senior science teacher at Model High School, wounding him severely. Ahad died before he reached the hospital. The assailants fled the scene soon after. The motive behind the attack remains uncertain. Following medico-legal formalities at the hospital, his body was handed over to his family.

Separately, a man, identified as Ahmedullah, was gunned down on the outskirts of Quetta. Levies officials shifted the body to the Civil Hospital and registered a case against unknown assailants.

Meanwhile, police recovered a bullet-riddled body from Lasbela district’s Uthal area after receiving a tip-off. The Post mortem revealed the deceased, identified as Sakuran, was brutally tortured before he was killed.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 16th, 2012.

http://cnntopnews.com/2012/11/16/violence-two-killed-two-injured-in-balochistan/
 
.
Soldier killed in Bara checkpost attack
From the Newspaper | Dawn Report | 6 hours ago 0


LANDI KOTAL, Nov 15: A soldier was killed and two others were injured when a mortar shell hit a checkpost in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency on Thursday.

Officials said that the incident took place at Qambarabad area near Bara Bazaar. The dead and injured belonged to Mehsud Scouts. They were manning the checkpost established along Bara-Shahkas Road.

The injured were shifted to combined military hospital in Peshawar. The body of the killed soldier was sent to his ancestral village for burial.

In Tank district, a government primary school and a cellular phones shop were blown up in two separate blasts on Thursday morning.

Sources said that unidentified persons planted improvised explosive devices at the building of government primary school for boys in Nandor village and a cellular phones shop in Imakhel village at night that went off early on Thursday morning.

The school and shop were damaged in the blasts, they added. Police also defused another explosive device near the shop.

In Mohmand Agency, Haleemzai tribe handed over three wanted persons to the political administration during a jirga on Thursday.

Assistant Political Agent Jamshed Khan, MNA Malik Bilal Rehman, Malik Amir Nawz Khan, Malik Mohammad Ali and a large number of tribesmen attended the jirga.

The jirga members handed over three wanted tribesmen — Abid Khan, Zahir Shah and Sadaqat Khan — to the political administration.

Source:THE DAWN.
 
.
Suicide blast in Rawalakot, 3 killed, 7 injured.
Last Updated On 17 November,2012 About 58 minutes ago

At least three people killed and seven people are believed to be injured in suicide blast at security forces vehicle in Dothan area adjacent to Rawalakot, Dunya News reported on Saturday.Security forces vehicle was targeted in the attack. Rescue and relief teams have arrived on the scene and the relief operations is ongoing. Security forces have cordoned off the area.The sound of the explosion has been heard in several adjacent areas. Injured have been shifted to the CMH hospital.

Dunya News: Pakistan:-Suicide blast in Rawalakot, 3 killed, 7 injured...
 
.
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Pakistan

Roadside Bomb Kills Two Pakistani Soldiers
Deadly Bomb Hits Pakistani Market
TEXT SIZE
November 18, 2012

Reports from northwestern Pakistan say a roadside bomb targeting a military convoy has killed two Pakistani soldiers and wounded at least five others.

Officials say the device was planted along the route of the convoy in the Mir Ali area east of Miranshah, the main town in the North Waziristan region.

North Waziristan is one of the tribal areas along the border with Afghanistan that has become a hub of Al-Qaeda and Taliban activity.

Based on reporting by AFP and dpa

Roadside Bomb Kills Two Pakistani Soldiers
 
.
Roadside bombs kill five in tribal Pakistan: officials
AFP and Zahir Shah Sherazi | 34 mins ago

A security forces’ convoy was on routine patrol when it came under the attack of a remotely-detonated bomb planted near the road in Mir Ali area east of North Waziristan’s capital, Miramshah.— Photo by ONLINE

PESHAWAR/MIRANSHAH: Separate roadside bombs killed a total of five people and wounded 10 on Sunday in two separate blasts in Pakistan’s lawless tribal zone near the Afghan border, officials said.

A bomb targeting a security forces’ convoy exploded in Mir Ali area of North Waziristan, killing two security personnel and injuring seven others, DawnNews reported.

A security forces’ convoy was on routine patrol when it came under the attack of a remotely-detonated improvised explosive device planted near the road in Mir Ali area, 35 kilometres east of North Waziristan’s main town of Miramshah.

“The explosion killed at least two soldiers and injured seven others,” a security official in Miranshah said on condition of anonymity.

The two security personnel died on the spot as a result of the intense blast.

Another local security official confirmed the attack and said two of some 10 to 15 vehicles in the convoy were severely damaged.

While talking to Dawn sources, the Tehrik-i-Taliban’s Jundullah group claimed responsibility for the blast and claimed that the attack was to avenge the death of their slain comrade Ahmed Bengali who was earlier killed in a drone strike in North Waziristan.

Meanwhile, at least three labourers were killed and three wounded Sunday in an explosion caused by a roadside bomb in the Shin Qamar area of Khyber tribal region, said senior local official Nasir Khan.

He said the bomb went off as the labourers, who were carrying construction materials on mules, passed by. Local intelligence officials also confirmed the incident.

Pakistan’s semi-autonomous tribal belt is made up of seven agencies. Taliban and al Qaeda-linked militants are said to have carved out strongholds in North Waziristan.

Roadside bombs kill five in tribal Pakistan: officials | DAWN.COM
 
.
5 killed, more than 16 injured in Quetta blast

QUETTA: At least five people, including three Frontier Corps (FC) personnel, were killed and more than 16 injured when a bomb planted on a cycle went off in the Shahbaz Town area of Quetta on Wednesday, reported Express News.
The government sources claimed that five people were killed, while rescue sources claimed that at least seven people have been killed in the blast.
The Bomb Disposal Squad confirmed that a 15kg bomb was planted on a motorcycle. There are reports of another bomb present in the area.
Secretary Interior Balochistan Akbar Hussain Durrani told the media that a vehicle of security officials was targeted in the blast killing three people and injuring seven. “This is terrorism. But the morale of the provincial government and security forces to fight it is high,” he said.
CPO Quetta Mir Zubair also said that three people were killed and seven were injured. “We are in a state of war,” he stated.
He also said that initial reports suggested that an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was used in the blast.
The injured were shifted to Combined Military Hospital (CMH), while four of the injured are reported to be in critical condition.
Security and rescue officials reached the site immediately and cordoned off the area.
The blast took place near the main gate of the district jail, while the office of IG prisons is also nearby.
Several security measures were taken to ensure law and order situation in Quetta during Muharram. The government had blocked mobile services and motorcycle riding on Muharram 1 and is considering banning them again in the future.
Note: This is a developing story and will be updated accordingly.
5 killed, more than 16 injured in Quetta blast – The Express Tribune

========================================

3 killed, 4 injured in Karachi blast near imambargah

KARACHI: At least three people were killed and four sustained injuries in a rickshaw blast in Orangi Town, Karachi, Express News reported on Wednesday.
Sources said the blast took place near an imambargah.
DIG West Javed Odho confirmed to The Express Tribune that the blast has occurred in a rickshaw.
However, Express News correspondent Nadeem Khan reported that the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle.
Bomb Disposal Squad has reached the spot.
Police and rescue officials are also present in the area. Dead and injured have been shifted to local hospitals.
According to initial details, the injured have ball bearings ripped into their bodies, while several body parts have been brought to the hospital as well. One of the injured is in a critical condition and has been taken to operation theatre.
On November 18, two people were killed and more than a dozen sustained injuries in an explosion near an imambargah in Abbas Town, Karachi.
The explosives were planted on a motorcycle.
This is a developing story and will be updated accordingly.

3 killed, 4 injured in Karachi blast near imambargah – The Express Tribune

======================================

Four policemen killed in Bannu firing

Four police officials, including an SHO, were killed when unidentified gunmen opened fire on their vehicle in Bannu on Wednesday, reported Express News.
The gunmen were riding a motorcycle.
Security officials have often been targeted in several places across the country, with attacks often being claimed by the militants.
Earlier during the day, one police official was killed and three others were injured when a roadside bomb targeted them in Shangla district. Later, Frontier Corps (FC) officials were targeted in Quetta with an IED.

Four policemen killed in Bannu firing – The Express Tribune

======================================

One policeman killed in Shangla roadside blast

SHANGLA: One policeman was killed and three others injured, including an SHO, when a roadside bomb targeted a police vehicle in the Kankar area of Shangla district on Wednesday.
According to DSP Shangla, SHO Karimullah and three policemen were heading towards Alpurai from Martoong to attend an important meeting when a planted bomb targeted their vehicle.
The blast injured all policemen, while one of the officials, Jahanzeb, succumbed to his injuries on the way to the hospital.
The injured were shifted to Apoaria and Saidu Sharif hospitals.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.

One policeman killed in Shangla roadside blast – The Express Tribune
 
.
Just got back home after office and turned on the news,

7:35 PM Blast in Laki Marwat
4:45 PM Blast in Gilgit

:cry:
Allah, what is happening with us.
May Allah have mercy on us! Ameen

Kaisi Bakhshish Ka Ye Saaman Huwa Phirta Hai,
Shehr Saara Hi Preshan Huwa Phirta Hai..

Ek Barood Ki Jacket aur Naara-e-Takbeer,
Raasta Jannat Ka Aasan Huwa Phirta Hai...

Kaisa Ishq Hai? Tere Naam Pe Qurban Hai Mgr,
Teri Har Baat Say Anjaan Huwa Phirta Hai...

Shab Ko Shaitan B Mangay Hai Panaahen Jis Say,
Subah Ko Wo Sahib-e-Eimaan Huwa Phirta Hai...

Jaanay Kab Kon Kisay Maar Day Kafir Keh Kar,
Shehr Ka Shehr Muslman Huwa Phirta Hai...!!

:cry:
 
.
Bomb Disposal Squads are working overtime..
I see that many if not all are well equipped now with Proper Body protection and remote control robots....
At least 5 Bombs have been Discovered and safely detonated in the last 24 hours...

In Laki Marwat Police took timely action and shot the suicide Bomber,saving lived..Although two Police men were hurt when the Bomber went to hell...
 
.

Pakistan Defence Latest Posts

Back
Top Bottom