Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2005
This is a list of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2005.
January- March 2005
- 8 January:- At least 10 people were killed in sectarian violence in the northern Pakistani city of Gilgit. The shooting of a Shia Muslim cleric earlier sparked clashes between his supporters and Deobandis.[1]
- 19 March:- At least 35 people were killed and many injured when a Sipah-e-Sahaba terrorist exploded himself in a mixed crowd of Shia and Deobandi devotees at the shrine of Pir Rakhel Shah in the remote village of Fatehpur in Jhal Magsi District, Balochistan.[2]
May 2005
- 25 May:- As many as six members of a family were killed in an explosion at the village of Bandkhel in Makeen Tehsil, South Waziristan.[3]
- 27 May:- At least 20 people were slaughtered and 82 wounded due to a suicide bombing at the annual Shia Muslim congregation at the shrine of Bari Imam in Islamabad.[4]
- 31 May:- Six bodies were recovered from a fast food outlet set ablaze by an angry mob after an attack on a Shia mosque in Karachi. It was retaliation to the suicide attack on the Shia mosque in central Karachi where five people were killed and about 20 others wounded.[5]
September - December 2005
- 22 September:- At least six people, including a woman, were killed and 27 injured in two bomb blasts in Lahore. Police said the bombs went off within an interval of one and a half hours.[6]
- 7 October:- Eight members of the Ahmadiyya faith were killed inside a mosque as worshipers were performing salat. The incident occurred in Mandi Bahauddin, Punjab.[7]
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- 13 October:- Around 12 people including students were killed in the curfew and clashes between the Rangers and civilians in Gilgit. The clashes came after the death of a student in Rangers custody.[8]
- 15 November:- A car bomb exploded outside a Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet in Karachi. At least three people were killed and eight others wounded.[9]
- 8 December:- At least 12 people were killed and 30 injured in a bomb explosion in the town of Jandola in South Waziristan.[10]
- 22 December:- At least seven people were killed in what officials say was a battle between Islamic students and bandits in the town of Jandola in South Waziristan.[11]
References
- ↑ "Pakistan clashes kill at least 10", BBC News, 8 January 2005
- ↑ "35 killed in Balochistan shrine blast", Daily Times, 20 March 2005
- ↑ 2005/26/index12.php "Six of a family killed in Laddha blast", The Nation, 26 May 2005
- ↑ "20 killed in Bari Imam bombing", Daily Times, 28 March 2005
- ↑ "Riots after Karachi mosque attack", BBC News, 31 May 2005
- ↑ "Bomb blasts in Lahore kill six, hurt scores", Dawn, 23 September 2005
- ↑ "Eight die in Pakistan sect attack", BBC News
- ↑ "Gilgit students demand Rangers removal", Daily Times, 17 October 2005
- ↑ "Explosion shakes Karachi", CNN
- ↑ "Several killed in Pakistan blast", BBC News, 8 December 2005
- ↑ "'Islamic students' in gun battle", BBC News, 22 December 2005
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