Policy Research Group   - Strategic Insight: Recent Militant Strikes in Pakistan

Recent Militant Strikes in Pakistan
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editor on 17 October, 2009 11:27:00
 
Some recent major attacks in Pakistan or
blamed on Pakistan-based militants
( as on Oct 13, 2009)
a).Oct. 12, 2009: A suicide car bomb explodes near an army vehicle in a market
in the northwest Shangla district, killing 41, including six security officers,
and wounding 45.
b).Oct. 10, 2009: A raid on army headquarters in the city of Rawalpindi kills
nine militants and 14 others.
c). Oct. 9, 2009: A suicide car bomb in the northwestern city of Peshawar kills
53 people.
d). Oct. 5, 2009: A bomber dressed as a security official kills five staffers at
the U.N. food agency's headquarters in the capital, Islamabad.
e). Sept. 18, 2009: A suicide car bomb destroys a two-story hotel near the
northwestern town of Kohat, killing 30 people in what might have been a
sectarian attack by Sunni militants against Shiite Muslims.
f). May 27, 2009: A suicide car bomber targets buildings housing police and
intelligence offices in the eastern city of Lahore, killing about 30 and
wounding at least 250.
g). March 27, 2009: A suicide bomber demolishes a packed mosque near the
northwestern town of Jamrud, killing about 50 people and injuring scores more.
h). March 3, 2009: Gunmen attack the Sri Lankan national cricket team in Lahore,
wounding several players and killing six policemen and a driver.
i) Nov. 26-28, 2008: Ten attackers, allegedly from Pakistan, kill 166 people in
a three-day assault on luxury hotels, a Jewish center and other sites in Mumbai,
India.
j). Sept. 20, 2008: A suicide truck bomb kills at least 54 and wounds more than
250 as it devastates the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad.
k).Aug. 21, 2008: Suicide bombers blow themselves up at two gates of a weapons
factory in the town of Wah, killing at least 67 people and wounding at least
100.