Acts of Terrorism in Pakistan

[Shardul.....the lion]

Two police officials killed, two injured in Quetta attack

QUETTA: At least two police officials, including an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), were killed and two injured in an ambush on Saryab Road of Quetta on Monday.

According to Superintendent of Police (SP) Sikandar Tareen, a police van of New Saryab PS was returning from a court when a group of armed men, lurking near Aid Village, opened indiscriminate fire.

As a result, the driver of the police van lost control and dashed into a nearby wall. “A gas cylinder in the vehicle exploded when it rammed into the wall,” SP Saryab said.

The assailants managed to flee from the scene after carrying out the attack.

A heavy contingent of police and security forces reached the spot soon after the attack and threw a cordon in the area.

The deceased were taken to the Provincial Sandeman Hospital where they were identified as ASI Abdul Qayyum and the driver as Constable Mohammad Asif. The condition of the injured were said to be out of danger.

A case has been registered against unknown persons and an investigation is underway.

No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.

Police officials have been regularly targeted in Quetta during the last week. The most recent attack came on Sunday evening after a remote controlled bomb planted on a donkey cart targeted a police van passing by on Saryab Road.

Two police officials killed, two injured in Quetta attack – The Express Tribune

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Three bodies in gunny bags recovered from Quetta

QUETTA: Three bodies in gunny bags were found from a ground in the Faizabad area of Quetta, Express News reported on Monday.

According to police, the ground where the bodies were recovered from is located in the jurisdiction of Shalkot police station. The police added that the bodies were moved to Bolan Medical College Hospital for identification.

Hospital sources revealed that all three bodies had rope marks around their necks, which indicated that they were strangled to death.

They added that the deceased were aged between 25-30 years.

Three bodies in gunny bags recovered from Quetta – The Express Tribune

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Police targeted with hand grenades, rockets in KP

PESHAWAR: A police station was raided in the early hours of the morning in Malazai, and a police wagon was attacked in the Khazana district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Express News reported on Monday.

Unidentified people attacked the Malazai Police Station with hand grenades and rockets at 2am on Monday, in Malazai village of Tank district in Kyber Pakhtunkhwa.

A rocket landed on a house next to the police station, injuring one woman. Two houses were also damaged in the raid.

At 8am on Monday, a police wagon was attacked with a remote control bomb in Khazana in the outskirts of Peshawar. Two police officials, Samil Ullah and Fayaz were injured in the attack and the police wagon was destroyed.

After the raid, a curfew had been imposed in Khazana for an indefinite period of time.

Police targeted with hand grenades, rockets in KP – The Express Tribune

 

[Shardul.....the lion]

Quetta attack: Gunmen kill 5 workers on lunch break

QUETTA: Unidentified gunmen shot dead six people, including a police official, here on Sunday, police officials said.

A group of armed men riding on two motorbikes opened fire on people sitting in a shop in Sarki area of Quetta. According to police, four people, including a father and his son who were sitting inside a welding shop on Essa Khan Road were killed on the spot.

“They entered a welding shop when workers were having their lunch and killed five people,” senior police officer Jahangir Shah said, adding that the dead included four members of the Hazara community and one passer-by.

Before fleeing they also opened fire on a police patrol, killing one policeman and wounding a police official, Shah said.

A heavy contingent of police and Frontier Corps (FC) reached the crime scene and cordoned off the area while the deceased and injured were taken to the Sandeman Provincial Hospital, Quetta where one of the policemen succumbed to his injures upon arrival at hospital.

According to sources, two of the assailants were also injured in retaliatory firing by the police but they escaped from the scene of the crime.

“Four of the victims belonged to the Shia community and it could be a case of sectarian target killing,” a senior police official said.

The deceased were identified as Haji Abdul Nabi and his son Mohammad Hassan, Mohammad Tariq and Abdul Manan.

The passerby was identified as Naqeebullah and the police constable as Hayatullah.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. A case has been registered against the unidentified persons and an investigation is under way. Sunday’s attack came as Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani flew to Quetta to discuss the law and order situation in the province, officials said.

Quetta attack: Gunmen kill 5 workers on lunch break – The Express Tribune

 

[Shardul.....the lion]

Unabated Violence: Two Levies personnel, 1 Hazara killed

QUETTA:
Two Balochistan Levies personnel were killed in an attack on a check post, and a Hazara community member was shot dead, in separate incidents of violence on Saturday.

“Unidentified attackers opened fire on Balochistan Levies officials who were on duty late on Saturday night in the Rado area of Jaho Tehsil of Awaran district,” said Deputy Commissioner Ahsan Baloch. At least two personnel were killed on the spot and the attackers managed to flee from the scene, Baloch added.

The dead were taken to a hospital where they were identified as Rasool Buksh and Mohammad Umer Jan. Sources said the attackers took away the weapons of the Levies personnel. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far while a case has been registered.

Hazara man killed

In a separate incident, a member of the Hazara community was shot dead near a bus stop on Saryab Road in Quetta on Saturday. The victim, identified as Mohammad Ali, was in a rickshaw when armed men riding on a motorbike opened fire at him. Ali died on the spot and the rickshaw driver sustained injures.

The deceased and the injured were rushed to the Sandeman hospital for autopsy. “A case has been registered” a police official said. Meanwhile, unknown persons hurled three hand grenades on a house in Killi Geo area of Quetta. However, no casualty was reported in the attack.

Unabated Violence: Two Levies personnel, 1 Hazara killed – The Express Tribune

 

[Safriz]

Salala sentinels kill 20 aggressing insrugents - geo.tv

MOHMAND: Security forces killed at least 20 insurgents in retaliation to an attack on the Salala outpost in Mohmand Agency during the wee hours of Tuesday, Geo News reported.

The aggressing insurgents, however, succeeded in wounding at least four of the troops deployed at the military outpost, which had seen so much bloodshed earlier.

Analysts say, it was strange as to why the militants chose the same Salala outpost where the US forces had martyred more than two dozen Pakistani soldiers last year.

 

[Shardul.....the lion]

Panjgur blast kills one, injures 7

QUETTA: A man was killed and seven others, including three security personnel, were injured when a remote controlled explosive device went off in Bismillah Chowk area of Chitkan bazaar in Panjgur district on Monday.

According to police, unknown persons had planted an explosive device onto a motorbike and parked it outside a private bank before detonating it by remote control. As result of the explosion, a passer-by was killed on the spot and seven others, including three security personnel, sustained injures.

Police and Frontier Corps personnel rushed to the spot and cordoned off the area. The deceased and injured were taken to the District Headquarters hospital and Javed Medical Complex for treatment.

“The target was security personnel who were inside the bank,” a police officer said, adding that an investigation into the incident has been initiated.

The deceased was identified as Abdul Rashid, son of Abdul Hakeem. Among the injured, the security personnel were identified as Zahid Iqbal, Umer Hayat and Mohammad Akhtar. The others injured were Khairullah, Muslim, Khalid and Faisal.

At least ten cars and few motorcycles were damaged in the blast. The police official said the bank building was also damaged in the attack.

According to eyewitness accounts, several security personnel were inside the bank when blast occurred.

A case has been registered against the unknown persons and an investigation into the attack has been launched.


Panjgur blast kills one, injures 7 – The Express Tribune

 

[Shardul.....the lion]

Militants attack Salala check post, one security official killed

GHALANAI: At least one security official was killed and three injured when militants attacked the Salala check post in the Baizai subdivision of Mohmand Agency on the Pak-Afghan border late on Monday night, a security official said.

The official in Peshawar claimed that in retaliation, the security forces killed several militants however, their number could not be confirmed.

He said that hundreds of militants attacked the check post in which one official of the Frontier Corps (FC) was killed while three were injured. “A team of security officials lifted and rushed the injured security officials to a hospital,” he said.

In November 2011, Nato forces in Afghanistan attacked the Salala check post and killed 26 security officials of Pakistan. After the attack, Pakistan closed the Nato supply routes to Afghanistan which constrained relations between the governments of Pakistan and US.

Militants attack Salala check post, one security official killed – The Express Tribune

 

[Shardul.....the lion]

Four children injured in Bajaur Agency IED blast

KHAR: At least four children were injured when a roadside Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off in the Tank Khata area of Khar district, Bajaur Agency on Wednesday, political administration official said.

Officials said that a school boy along with three others was injured when he lifted an IED which exploded in his hand. The explosion occurred at around 12:30pm when the children were on their way home from school, he added.

They were rushed to the Agency Headquarter Hospital of Khar.

Medical Superintendent of the hospital, Riaz Khan, said that the children were in stable condition except for a boy, identified as Zahirullah, who picked the IED. “Both his hands were blown up due to the explosion,” he added.

He identified the injured children as 10-year-old Ayesha, 6-year-old Zahiruallah, Bilal and Saim. “We discharged the children after providing them with first aid,” while Zahirullah was admitted in the hospital due to serious injuries.

Political administration official of Khar district, Abdullah Hafiz said that the children mistook the IED for scrap. “We informed the security officials who will conduct a search operation in the area and will defuse all hidden bombs in the region,” he added.

The official added that several people were injured due to IED blasts that were planted by militants before the military operation in 2008. The militants had planted them to target security forces convoys, he said.

Four children injured in Bajaur Agency IED blast – The Express Tribune

 

[Safriz]

Bomb Blast in Quetta city..

4 killed 20 injured...
Was planted on a cycle....

 

[Areesh]

QUETTA: At least ten people including two children were killed and dozens injured in a blast outside a seminary at Sariab Road in Quetta, Geo News reported Thursday.

According to sources, an event was taking place at Jamia Islamia Miftah-ul-Uloom when a blast occurred outside the seminary. The explosive device was strapped to a bicycle present beside the seminary gate.

The bomb was detonated outside the Islamic seminary as a degree ceremony for students was being held inside, DIG Operations Qazi Abdul Wahid told reporters.

Private guards resorted to aerial firing to disperse the crowd that gathered at the blast scene and hampered rescue work.

Rescue efforts are still underway while the area was cordoned off by the security officials and bomb disposal squad.

Ten killed, dozens injured in Quetta blast - geo.tv

 

[Shardul.....the lion]

Graduation ceremony: 14 killed in blast outside Quetta seminary
QUETTA:
The city of Quetta, plagued by sectarian violence and a separatist insurgency, suffered a deadly attack outside a seminary on Thursday, which left 14 people, including five children, dead and more than 48 others wounded.

A powerful bomb blast detonated outside the gates of a seminary near Bank Chowk on Saryab Link Road as a ceremony for students, who had memorised the Holy Quran was being held inside, police told reporters.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the deadliest attack in the city since a car bomb killed 15 people last December. A majority of the victims were students of the seminary.

“Explosive materials were planted on a bicycle which was parked outside a religious seminary, Jamia Islamia Muftahul Elum. It was a remote-controlled bomb,” Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Operations Qazi Abdul Wahid told reporters.

According to sources, three nephews of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) General Secretary and Senate opposition leader Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri were also injured in the blast.

Wahid said police had already been deputed in the area where the blast took place, adding that hundreds of students were present inside the seminary when the bomb exploded. Official sources confirmed the death toll.

“There is a law and order problem in Quetta. However, seminaries were not receiving any threats,” Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Quetta Mir Zubair told reporters.

According to the bomb disposal squad, a 5-6 kg explosive was used in the blast in which nearby cars and shops were also damaged. A heavy contingent of Frontier Corps (FC), police and rescue workers were deployed to the location of the blast. The deceased and injured were taken to Provincial Sandeman Hospital and Bolan Medical Complex Teaching Hospital.

“Five children were among the dead,” Doctor Mohammad Haider at Provincial Sandeman Hospital told reporters. Haji Khudai Nazar, 40, who was wounded in the abdomen, told AFP that he had come to attend the function as a guest.

“As soon as we got out of the car, there was a huge blast. Dust covered the whole area. People were crying. Afterwards – I fell unconscious,” he said.

Graduation ceremony: 14 killed in blast outside Quetta seminary – The Express Tribune

 

[Shardul.....the lion]

19 killed, 20 injured in Peshawar blast

PESHAWAR: At least 19 people were killed and 20 injured in a blast on Charsadda Road in Peshawar on Friday.

Reports state that a bomb had targeted a bus of Civil Secretariat employees. Eyewitnesses said that up to 30 people were on board the bus when it was targeted.

Express News reported that those killed as a result of the blast included four men, four women and a child.

Eight bodies were shifted to Charsadda Hospital and 11 to Lady Reading Hospital.

An emergency has been declared at both hospitals.

19 killed, 20 injured in Peshawar blast – The Express Tribune

 

[Barrack-Obummer]

The bus was near the city of Peshawar when the bomb planted inside it exploded, almost completely destroying the back half of the colorfully decorated vehicle. The dead included six women, said senior police officer Tahir Ayub Khan. Another 35 people were wounded in the explosion, he said.

Full story here:

FOX News - World - Latest Headlines - Bomb targeting bus carrying government employees in northwest Pakistan kills 18

 

[mjnaushad]

May the dead rest in peace......

 

[Barrack-Obummer]

Bus bomb kills 19 in northwest Pakistan: police

Reuters says 19 dead. Indeed may they R.I.P.

 

[Haseebullah]

May their souls rest in peace.