Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2017

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This article is an outline of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2017 in chronological order.

January[]

  • 21 January - a bomb was detonated at a vegetable market in Parachinar, in the Kurram Valley of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. At least 25 people were killed and 87 injured by the explosion.[1][2] Parachinar is the administrative headquarters of the Kurram Agency near the Afghan border.[3] The same area has previously seen several blasts in 2008, February 2012,[4] September 2012,[5] 2013 and in December 2015.[6]

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Bajwa visited Parachinar and paid a visit to the injured of the bomb blast in Agency Headquarters Hospital.[7][8]

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi al-Alami and the Pakistani Taliban splinter Shehryar Mehsud group both separately issued a joint claim of responsibility.[9]

Seven suspects were arrested following a search operation after the blast.[10]

February[]

  • 12 February - Samaa TV assistant cameraman Taimoor Khan killed in an incident. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed the responsibility.[11]
  • 13 February - A blast outside the provincial assembly in Lahore killed at least 14 people including DIG Police and SSP Operations and injured more than 87 others.[12]
  • 15 February - At least two people killed and seven others injured in a suicide blast in Peshawar's Hyatabad area.[13]
  • 15 February - 5 People including 3 Levies personnel killed in a suicide attack in Mohmand Agency.[14]
  • 16 February - Three soldiers killed, including an army captain, two injured in an IED explosion in Awaran.[15]
  • 16 February - At least 88 people were killed and over 350 others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up in the Shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan, 125 kilometers north of Jamshoro.[16]
  • 17 February Five people, including four police officers, were killed after unidentified suspects opened fire on police van near Mission Mor, Dera Ismail Khan.[17]
  • 21 February Three suicide bombers targeted a sessions court in Tangi, Charsadda District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killing 7 people and injuring more than 20 others.[18]

March[]

April[]

  • 14 April - 4 Rangers personnel martyred and 3 were injured and Rangers kill 10 TTP militants in operation near DG khan.[21]
  • 25 April - 14, including six children, killed and 9, including 4 Khasadar officials, injured in a roadside blast in Kurram Agency.[22]

May[]

June[]

  • 23 June - 14 people ─ including seven policeman ─ lost their lives, while 19 others were injured in a suicide blast that shook Shuhada Chowk in Quetta's Gulistan Road area on Friday morning.[25]
  • 23 June- At least 75 people were killed and more than 150 wounded when twin blasts tore through a market in Parachinar. Lashkar-i-Jhangvi al-Alami claimed the responsibility.[26]

July[]

  • 10 July - 3 people were killed and over 20 injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at Bogra Chowk in Chaman, Baluchistan.[27]
  • 24 July- At least 25 people were killed and 53 others wounded in suicide attack in Lahore.[28]

August[]

October[]

  • 5 October - 21 people, including a police constable, were killed and more than 30 injured in an explosion at Dargah Pir Rakhel Shah in Fatehpur, a small town in the Jhal Magsi District of Balochistan.[29]
  • 18 October - At least eight people, including seven policemen, were killed and 24 others injured in an explosion targeting a truck carrying police officials in the Sariab Mill area of Quetta.[30]

November[]

  • 9 November - A senior police officer was among three suspected militants involved in ISI Clandestine activities who died in a suicide attack on Quetta the provincial capital of Balochistan.[31] However there is no valid argument about the role of operation being performed.
Main article: 2017 Peshawar police vehicle attack

the above reference is for peshawar and not quetta.

December[]

Main article: 2017 Peshawar Agriculture Directorate attack

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "21 Dead, 54 Injured in Parachinar Blast". Radio Pakistan. January 21, 2017. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  2. ^ "News from The Associated Press". Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  3. ^ Agencies & Ali Akbar (January 21, 2017). "Blast in Parachinar vegetable market kills 25". Dawn News. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  4. ^ "28 killed, 36 injured in Parachinar blast". Express Tribune. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  5. ^ "14 Shias killed, 80 injured in Parachinar bombing: Officials". Express Tribune. AFP. September 10, 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Parachinar blast kills 25, 54 injured". Daily Times. January 21, 2017. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  7. ^ "Parachinar blast: Army chief inquires on health of the injured". Dunya News tv. January 22, 2017. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  8. ^ Ali Akbar (January 22, 2017). "Seven suspects arrested in search operation after Parachinar blast". Dawn News. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  9. ^ Afzal, Hussain (Jan 22, 2017). "Carnage at Parachinar market; 25 killed, 87 injured". Dawn newspaper. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  10. ^ Akbar, Ali (January 22, 2017). "Seven suspects arrested in search operation after Parachinar blast". Dawn newspaper. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  11. ^ "TTP claims responsibility for attack on Samaa TV van in Karachi - The Express Tribune". 13 February 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  12. ^ "Senior police officers among 13 killed as suicide bomber strikes Lahore". 13 February 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  13. ^ "One killed in suicide attack on Peshawar judges - The Express Tribune". 15 February 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  14. ^ "Five, including three Levies men, killed in Mohmand Agency suicide attack - The Express Tribune". 15 February 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  15. ^ "Three personnel, including army captain killed in Balochistan IED blast - The Express Tribune". 16 February 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
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  19. ^ "Pakistan: 6 soldiers martyred in Militant attack on border posts - Yahoo News". 6 March 2017.
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  27. ^ "DPO killed in Chaman blast". Samaa TV. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  28. ^ Gabol, Imran (24 July 2017). "25 killed in blast near Lahore's Ferozepur Road: Lahore deputy commissioner". Dawn.com.
  29. ^ Shah, Syed Ali (2017-10-07). "Death toll from Jhal Magsi blast climbs to 21". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
  30. ^ Shah, AFP | AP | Dawn.com | Syed Ali (2017-10-18). "7 killed, 24 others wounded in blast targeting police vehicle in Quetta". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
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  32. ^ "Suicide attack kills senior police official in Peshawar". www.aljazeera.com.
  33. ^ "Additional IG, gunman killed in Peshawar blast". www.samaa.tv.
  34. ^ "AIG martyred in suicide blast targeting Peshawar police". www.dawn.com. 2017-11-24.
  35. ^ "Nine dead as gunmen storm hostel of Peshawar's Agricultural Training Institute". www.dawn.com. December 2017.
  36. ^ "9 killed in suicide attack on Quetta's Bethel Memorial Methodist Church". 2017-12-17.
  37. ^ "ISIS claims responsibility for Quetta church blast". The Nation. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
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