Major militant attacks in Pakistan since 2007 By The Associated Press Posted: 05/13/2011 11:27:20 AM PDT Updated: 05/13/2011 11:27:20 AM PDT
A look at some of the major attacks in Pakistan in recent years: 2011: May 13: A pair of Taliban suicide bombers attack paramilitary police recruits in Shabqadar, killing 80 in retaliation for the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden. 2010: Nov. 5: A suicide bomber strikes a Sunni mosque in Darra Adam Khel in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 67 during Friday prayers. Sept. 1: A triple Taliban suicide attack on a Shiite Muslim procession kills 65 in the southwestern city of Quetta. July 9: A pair of suicide bombers kills 102 people in the Mohmand tribal region. July 2: Twin suicide bombers attack Pakistan's most revered Sufi shrine in the eastern city of Lahore, killing 47 people. May 29: Two militant squads armed with hand grenades, suicide vests and assault rifles attack two mosques of the Ahmadi minority sect in Lahore, killing 97. March 13: Two suicide bombers targeting army vehicles in Lahore kill more than 55 people. Jan. 1: A suicide bomber drives a truckload of explosives into a volleyball field in Lakki Marwat district in the northwest, killing at least 97 people. 2009: Dec. 28: Bomb blast kills at least 44 at a Shiite procession in southern city of Karachi. Dec. 7: Two bombs kill 48 at a market in eastern city of Lahore, while a suicide bomber kills 10 people outside a Peshawar court. Advertisement Oct. 9: Suicide car bomb in busy market area in Peshawar kills 53. May 27: A suicide car bomber targets police and intelligence offices in the eastern city of Lahore, killing about 30 people. March 27: A suicide bomber demolishes a packed mosque near the northwestern town of Jamrud, killing about 50. March 3: Gunmen attack the Sri Lankan national cricket team in Lahore, wounding several of the players and killing six policemen and a driver. 2008 Sept. 20: A suicide truck bomb kills at least 54 as it devastates the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad. Aug. 21: Suicide bombers blow themselves up at two gates of a weapons factory in the town of Wah, killing at least 67 people. 2007 Dec. 27: Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and 20 other people are killed in a suicide bombing and shooting attack in Rawalpindi. Oct. 18: Suicide bombing aimed at Bhutto kills some 150 people in Karachi during celebrations welcoming her home from self-exile. July 3-11: An eight-day standoff between security forces and militants inside the compound of the Red Mosque, or Lal Masjid, kills 102 people. ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
