Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2016

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This is a list of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2016 as of September 2016.

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 1January
 2February
 3March
 4April
 5June
 6August
 7September
 8October
 9November
 10December
 11See also
 12References

January[edit]
13 January - At least 15 people are killed and several injured after a bomb explodes near a polio
centre near the Pakistani city of Quetta.[1][2]
Main article: January 2016 Quetta suicide bombing
20 January - At least 20 people are killed and 60 wounded after gunmen open fire at Bacha
Khan University.[3][4][5]
Main article: Bacha Khan University attack
29 January - A suicide bomber,attempted to enter Cantonement area in Zhob District when the
Friday prayers were underway and blew himself at a check-post after security personnel
signalled him to stop. Seven people were injured.Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed
responsibility.[6]

February[edit]
6 February - At least 9 people were killed and several others were wounded when a suicide
bomber hit a vehicle of Frontier Corps (FC) in Quetta. [7][8]

March[edit]
7 March - At least 10 people including three police constables were killed and 14 others were
injured in a suicide blast in the premises of a local court in Charsadda district in Pakistan's
troubled northwest, DPO Charsadda Khalid Sohail told Dunya News. [9]
16 March - A bomb detonates in a bus carrying government employees in Peshawar, Pakistan,
killing 17 and injuring at least 53.[10]
Main article: 2016 Peshawar bus bombing
27 March - At least 74 people were killed and 338 others were injured in a suicide bombing that
hit the main entrance of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, one of the largest parks in Lahore. [11]
Main article: 2016 Lahore suicide bombing

April[edit]
19 April - At least one person was killed and 17 others wounded on April 19 after a suicide
bomber attacked an Excise and Taxation office in Mardan, police and officials said.

June[edit]
22 June - Pakistani Sufi singer Amjad Sabri shot dead in Karachi.[12]

August[edit]
8 August - A bomb blast outside a hospital where lawyers had gathered to mourn the death of a
prominent lawyer killed at least 70 people in Quetta
Main article: August 2016 Quetta attacks

September[edit]
2 September - At least 14 killed, 52 wounded in suicide blast at Mardan district courts in
Peshawar.
13 September - A suicide bomber injured between 10 and 13 people, four of where policemen.
[13]
 The attack occurred in Shikarpur a city in Sindh.[14] Other Suicide bomber, who was arrested in
Shikarpur had got training in Afghanistan.
16 September - At least 23 people were killed and dozens more injured when a suicide bomber
detonated his vest in the veranda of a mosque during Friday prayers in the Mohmand Tribal
District, bordering Afghanistan.[15]

October[edit]
24 October - At least 3 militants stormed a police training center in Quetta and took between 200
and 500 cadets hostage.[16][17] Two of the attackers blew themselves up while the third attacker
was killed. At least 60 people were killed and more than 190 people were injured. The attack was
claimed by Islamic State.[18][19]
Main article: 2016 Quetta police training college attack
25 October - A police officer was killed when a IED bomb targeting polio workers went off in the
city of Peshawar.[20]
26 October - A polio vaccinator was gunned down on Wednesday. The attack occurred
in Jamrud and town in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[21]
29 October - 5 people were killed when unidentified assailants opened fire at a religious
gathering in Karachi's Nazimabad area. [22]

November[edit]
  12 November - At least 52 people were killed and over 100
others were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up
inside the shrine of Shah Noorani in Khuzdar, Balochistan after
evening prayers.[23]
Main article: 2016 Khuzdar bombing

 22 November - 3 Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were killed and

5 others were injured after a grenade attack on a funeral
in Peshawar.[24][25]
 22 November - A man was killed and 3 others were injured in a
bomb attack in Chaman near Quetta.[26]
 26 November - 2 Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were killed and
14 others injured when 4 suicide bombers attacked a camp
in Mohmand. All 4 attackers were killed. The attack was claimed
by Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a Taliban splinter group.[27]
 26 November - Two security guards were killed when militants
attacked the vehicle of an oil exploration company in Gwadar.[28]

December[edit]
 10 December - Insurgents killed one officer in Peshawar.[29]

See also[edit]
 2016 in Pakistan
 Terrorism in Pakistan
 List of terrorist incidents, 2016
 Pakistan portal
 
 Terrorism portal

References[edit]
1. Jump up^ http://www.dawn.com/news/1232683/blast-near-quetta-
polio-centre-kills-14
2. Jump up^ http://tribune.com.pk/story/1026612/casualties-feared-
as-blast-hits-anti-polio-centre-in-quetta/
3. Jump up^ "Gunmen attack Pakistan university, kill at least eight
people". Reuters. 2016-01-20. Retrieved  2016-01-20.
4. Jump up^ "Edhi volunteer claims 15 killed in terror attack on
Bacha Khan University Charsadda". www.dawn.com. 2016-01-20.
Retrieved 2016-01-20.
5. Jump up^ "LIVE: Seven killed, 12 injured as gunmen attack
Bacha Khan University in Charsadda – The Express Tribune".  The
Express Tribune. Retrieved  2016-01-20.
6. Jump up^ http://tribune.com.pk/story/1036367/security-personnel-
children-among-six-injured-in-zhob-blast/
7. Jump up^ http://www.dawn.com/news/1237816/nine-killed-34-
injured-as-suicide-attack-targets-security-forces-vehicle-in-quetta
8. Jump up^ http://tribune.com.pk/story/1041489/four-injured-in-
quetta-blast-3/
9. Jump up^ "Suicide bomber kills at least 10 at Pakistan
court". Reuters. 7 March 2015. Retrieved  10 March 2016.
10. Jump up^ "15 people die in Peshawar bus bombing". DAWN. 16
March 2016. Retrieved  16 March 2016.
 11. Jump up^ "At least 69 dead after suicide attack in Lahore park".
DAWN. 26 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March  2016.
12. Jump up^ http://tribune.com.pk/story/1128233/amjad-sabri-killed/
13. Jump up^ http://www.dawn.com/news/1283861/at-least-13-
injured-as-police-foil-suicide-blasts-targeting-eid-prayers-in-
shikarpur
14. Jump up^ http://tribune.com.pk/story/1181600/several-feared-
injured-blast-eidul-azha-prayers-shikarpur-imambargah/
15. Jump up^ http://www.dawn.com/news/1284121/at-least-23-killed-
in-suicide-blast-at-mohmand-agency-mosque-during-friday-
prayers
16. Jump up^ "Hundreds of cadets held hostage as gunmen storm
police training center in Pakistan - media". rt.com. Russia Today.
Retrieved October 24, 2016.
17. Jump up^ https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/159577-Quetta-3-
injured-as-terrorists-attack-Police-Training-Center
18. Jump up^ "Pakistan militants attack Quetta police
college". bbc.com. BBC. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
19. Jump up^ "At Least 59 Die as Militants Storm Police College
Near Quetta, Pakistan".  nytimes.com. New York Times.
Retrieved October 24, 2016.
20. Jump up^ http://www.dawn.com/news/1292188/police-officer-
killed-as-polio-team-targeted-in-peshawar-ied-blast
21. Jump up^ http://tribune.com.pk/story/1210908/pplio-vaccinator-
gunned-khyber-agency/
22. Jump up^ http://www.dawn.com/news/1293028/5-killed-in-firing-
at-religious-gathering-in-karachis-nazimabad
23. Jump up^ http://www.dawn.com/news/1295928/at-least-10-killed-
30-injured-in-blast-at-khuzdar-shrine
24. Jump up^ http://tribune.com.pk/story/1239163/three-fc-men-
killed-blast-funeral-peshawar/
25. Jump up^ http://www.dawn.com/news/1298067/three-security-
men-killed-in-peshawar-blast
26. Jump up^ http://www.dawn.com/news/1297854/man-killed-three-
hurt-in-chaman-blast
27. Jump up^ http://www.dawn.com/news/1298783/4-suicide-
bombers-2-soldiers-killed-in-attack-on-fc-camp-in-mohmand
28. Jump up^ http://www.dawn.com/news/1298795/two-killed-in-gun-
attack-on-oil-exploration-companys-vehicle-in-gwadar
29. Jump up^ http://www.dawn.com/news/1301648/ctd-officer-shot-
dead-in-peshawar

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