2019_Makran_massacre

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2019

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2019

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Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2019 include:

January

February

April

12 April - 2019 Quetta attack

18 April - gunmen massacred several passengers travelling from Karachi to Gwadar in Makran, Balochistan, Pakistan. An estimated 15 to 20 armed militants stopped around five or six buses between 12:30 am and 1 am on a Makran Coastal Road. After the buses halted the gunmen then inspected the identity papers of the passengers and had about 16 of them disembark. At least 14 were shot dead, while two passengers managed to escape from the gunmen and travelled to the closest Balochistan Levies checkpost. They were later transported to Ormara Hospital for treatment. Law enforcement and Levies personnel arrived at the scene shortly afterward and commenced an investigation into the attack. The victims' bodies were taken from the Noor Baksh Hotel.[15][16] The Baloch Raaji Aajoi Sangar (BRAS), an alliance of ethnic Baloch militant armed groups, took responsibility for the massacre[17] in an email statement. "... those who were targeted carried [identification] cards of the Pakistan Navy and Coast Guards, and they were only killed after they were identified." Raaji Aajoi Sangar, the spokesperson for the Baloch, said in the statement.[16]

May

  • 8 May - At least 13 people were Killed in a 2019 Lahore bombing suicide attack outside Data Darbar in Lahore.
  • 21 May - At least 5 people were Killed in an attack on Pearl Continental Hotel in port city Quetta.

June

26 June - Three suicide bombers were killed by the security forces to stop a terrorist attack on Police Line in Loralai. One policeman was also killed and five people were injured in the attack.[18]

July

  • 21 July - At least seven people were killed in a suicide attack at a hospital in Dera Ismail Khan.[19]
  • 27 July - Pakistan Army's 10 personnel were killed in two separate attacks in North Waziristan and Balochistan.[20]

References

  1. "Six injured in Peshawar bomb attack". Dawn. January 6, 2019.
  2. "Blast leaves six injured in Peshawar". The News International. January 5, 2019.
  3. "Blasts leave 11 injured in Pishin, Panjgur". The Express Tribune. January 6, 2019.
  4. "Loralai attack death toll mounts to 9". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  5. "Four more FC troops martyred near Panjgur". The Express Tribune. February 18, 2019.
  6. Shahid, Saleem (18 February 2019). "Four FC men martyred in Panjgur attack". Dawn.
  7. AP, Syed Ali Shah | AFP | (2019-04-18). "14 offloaded from passenger bus, shot dead on Makran Coastal Highway". Dawn. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  8. Siddiqui, Khurram (2023). Security of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): Counterinsurgency in Balochistan. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781000999112.
  9. https://tribune.com.pk/author/368 (2019-06-25). "Three bombers killed as forces stave off terror attack". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2023-07-22. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help); External link in |last= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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