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Terrorism-related Incidents in Quetta - 2014

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Date

Incidents

killed
Injured
1

January 1

At least three people were killed and 30 injured in a suicide attack targeting Shia pilgrims in Akhtarabad area of the provincial capital Quetta. Police said a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into the bus carrying Shia pilgrims who were coming from Iran to Quetta.

4
30
2
January 4

Four persons, including the advisor to the Balochistan Chief Minister Majid Abro, were injured in bomb attacks in Quetta.

0
4
3
January 4

Quetta Police Chief Abdul Razaq Cheema claimed that Police has arrested four UBA militants and seized a huge cache of bomb-making material from their possession in Bakra Mandi area of Quetta.

Arrest
4
January 6

A Policeman was injured when armed assailants hurled a hand grenade at Satellite Town Police Station in Quetta.

0
1
5
January 21

Three abductors were killed while three people, including a Police Official, one ATF official and one passerby, were injured in an operation near Sariab Road in Quetta.

3
3
6
January 22

Armed militants torched one NATO container carrying equipment in the Western Bypass area of Quetta.

0
0
7
January 24

At least six people were injured when a bomb targeting the van of FC exploded near a petrol pump on Sariab Road in Quetta.

0
6
8
February 25

Unidentified armed assailants shot dead a man, identified as Saleh Mohammad, in the precincts of Satellite Town Police Station in Eastern Bypass area of Quetta.

1
0
9
February 27

Unidentified armed assailants barged into the house one Kahir Mohammad in Etihad Colony of Quetta and killed his son Abdul Zahir.

1
0
10
March 9 An unidentified man was shot dead on in Fatima Jinnah Road in Quetta.
1
0
11
March 10

Head Constable, identified as Manzoor Ahmed, was shot dead on Sariab Road in Quetta. SP Imran Qureshi said that unidentified militants opened fire at the vehicle of head constable Manzoor Ahmed on Sariab Road, killing him on the spot.

1
0
12
March 12

Balochistan FC arrested nine suspects and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition, including four sub machine guns, two MMGs, 10 hand grenades, 10 magazines and a large number of rounds, during a raid at Kirani Road area in Quetta.

Arrest and recovery
13
March 14

At least 10 persons, including nine civilians and one SF, were killed and 35 others were injured in a bomb explosion targeting FC vehicle at Science College Chowk area of Quetta.

10
35
14
March 29

A bomb blast targeting a vehicle carrying SFs killed a minor girl and injured 15 others on Sariab road, on the outskirts of Quetta.

1
15
15
April 2

Unidentified militants opened fire at a car and killed three people and injured two women inside it in Satellite Town area of Quetta.

3
2
16
April 2

Police arrested the owner of a CD shop and also seized a number of CDs from the shop located on Airport Road in Quetta.

Arrest
17
April 12

Two bus passengers belonging to Shia Hazara community were killed in an incident of target killing on Sariab Road in Quetta.

2
0
18
April 13

A terror attack was averted when a small bomb planted in the Fruit Mandi of Quetta failed to explode.

0
0
19
April 15

At least two unidentified persons were killed and a child was injured when unidentified militants opened fire at a barber shop on Sariab Road in Quetta.

2
1
21
April 19

Militants shot dead a Police officer and critically injured his son in Sariab road area. Imran Qureshi, the SP said two militants on a motorcycle sprayed bullets at the vehicle of ASI Police Kudratullah.

1
1
22
April 19

In an incident of targeted killing armed men gunned down an Afghan national in the Satellite Town area. Police said two gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire at an Afghan national and killed him on the spot.

1
0
23
April 19

Two people were killed in a firing incident in the city's Kasi road area. Armed men opened fire at a house in Kasi road area and killed the two people including a 14-year old girl.

2
0
24
May 2

Unidentified armed assailants opened fire at a Police mobile on patrol in Hub town of Quetta. However, no casualty was reported in the attack.

0
0
25
May 8

At least two people were killed and 16 others were injured in an explosion near a NADRA office on Double Road in provincial capital Quetta.

2
16
26
May 8

Two children were injured when they touched a bomb planted on a roadside in Muslim Ittehad Colony area of Quetta.

0
2
27
May 9

BDS defused two hand grenades in Muslim Ittehad Colony of Quetta.

0
0
28
May 22

LEAs arrested an arms smuggler and seized a huge cache of arms, including 100 pistols, 10 rifles and 5000 rounds, from his truck during routine checking in Quetta.

Arrest
29
June 8

Unidentified assailants shot dead a man in the Sariab area of Quetta in the morning.

1
0
30
June 14

Handery Masieh, member of the Balochistan Assembly and Balochistan National Party leader, was killed by his guard in the Nawan Killi area of Quetta.

1
0
31
June 20 Environmental Tribunal Judge, identified as Sakhi Sultan, was killed in a firing incident in Jinnah Town area of Quetta.
1
0
32
June 24 LEA foiled a potential terrorism bid by defusing an explosive device on Quetta-Sibi highway in the outskirts of Quetta.
0
0
33
July 7 Two persons were killed by unidentified assailants at a tailor's shop in Killi Bangulzai area of Quetta.
2
0
34
July 7 Two Policemen were killed by unidentified assailants in Kuchlak area of Quetta.
2
0
35
July 18

Four persons were killed in firing outside a mosque as they came out after offering the Friday prayers in the area of Satellite Town in Quetta.

4
0
36
July 18

One FC personnel was injured when the FC convoy he was travelling in came under attack at on Mastung road, the outskirts of Quetta.

0
1
37
July 25

Two Police Constables, identified as Munir Ahmed and Naseebullah, were killed by unidentified assailants on Sariab Road in Quetta.

2
0
38
July 27

Two people were gunned down on link Badini Road area of Sariab while a bullet-riddled body was recovered from Kuchlak in Quetta.

2
0
39
July 27

One person was killed and at least 13 people were injured in a bomb explosion at the Sharah-e-Iqbal (Kandahari Bazaar) locality of Quetta.

1
13
40
July 27

SFs recovered 10 kilogram of explosives from a house in the Dera Bugti town of Quetta.

Recovery
41
July 28

A passenger train escaped a bomb explosion in Quetta. SP Imran Qureshi said that the bomb went off in Mosa Colony, damaging the railway track prior to the arrival of Quetta Express.

0
0
42
July 29

Two Shia Hazara persons, identified as Zakir Hussain and Ghulam Hussain, were killed by unidentified assailants in Sabzal road area of Quetta.

2
0
43
August 1

Two persons including a child were killed in a firing incident in Pashtunabad area of Quetta.

2
0
44
August 6

Unidentified militants opened fire and killed a Balochistan Constabulary officer, identified as Aziz Ahmed, near the Governor House in GPO Chowk in Quetta.

1
0
45
August 8

The Baloch National Voice accused SFs and intelligence personnel of abducting two of its workers, identified as Ohran Marri and Nadir Marri, during a raid on their houses in New Kahan area of Quetta.

Abduction
46
August 12

At least 22 persons were injured when a bomb went off near a market in Quetta.

0
22
47
August 13

A FC official was killed and another was injured in a remote-controlled bomb blast close to a SF vehicle that was on routine patrol near Sharifabad Chowk in Hazarganji area of provincial capital Quetta.

1
1
48
August 14

At least 12 militants, wearing suicide vests and armed with RPGs and automatic weapons were killed and 11 SFs were injured in an 11-hour gun battle near Khalid Aviation Airbase and Samungli Airbase in Quetta.

12
11
49
August 14

One FC official was killed and another was injured after their patrolling vehicle was bombed with an IED in the Sariab area of Quetta.

1
1
50
August 20

Two Constables, identified as Khurshid and Majeed, were shot dead while patrolling on Sakran Road in the industrial town of Hub in provincial capital Quetta.

2
0
51
August 20

FC personnel foiled a terror bid during raid in Quetta by recovering a huge cache of arms and ammunition.

Ammunition recovery
52
August 23

Police and the Bomb Disposal Squad personnel foiled an attempt to attack a government installation by defusing an IED planted in a rickshaw near a transmitter of Radio Pakistan in Musa Colony area on Sariab Road in provincial capital Quetta.

Bomb Recovery
53
August 25

At least one person was killed and 15 others were injured in a hand grenade explosion at a hotel on Prince Road in the provincial capital Quetta.

1
15
54
August 28

Senior journalist and Secretary General of BUJ Irshad Mastoi, trainee reporter Abdul Rasul and an accountant Mohammed Younus of a news agency were shot dead in Kabir Building near Jinnah Road in Quetta.

3
0
55
September 5

A bomb went off near a Motorway Police car in Quetta (Quetta District), the provincial capital of Balochistan, leaving the vehicle badly damaged. However, no causality was reported.

0
0
56
September 13

At least three persons including one FC personnel were killed and 22 others were injured in a remote controlled bomb explosion in Satellite Town area of Quetta.

3
22
57
September 14

SFs arrested three Navy officials involved in an attack at West Wharf Naval dockyard in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, from the Lak Pass area of Quetta.

Arrest
58
September 18

An unnamed Police ASI was shot dead by unidentified militants in the Double Road area of Quetta.

1
0
59
September 18

SFs claimed to have foiled a terror bid by seizing 250 kilogram of explosives during a raid in Hazarganji area of Quetta.

Explosive recovery
60
September 20

At least 13 people, including two children and a woman, were wounded when an IED that was fitted to a cycle exploded outside the Khilji Mutton restaurant on Samungali Road in Punj Fitti area of Quetta.

0
13
61
September 24

An unnamed security official revealed that FC and personnel of the anti-terrorists force in a joint raid recovered 800 hand grenades, 200 kilogram of explosives, 13 RPG launcher, and electric detonators from Al-Gilani Road area of Quetta.

Raid
62
September 29

A Policeman, identified as Abdul Raheem, was shot dead near Kuchlak area of Quetta.

1
0
63
October 1

Four people including two teenage boys were killed and ten others injured when unidentified militants hurled a hand grenade at a barber shop near the Sirki Kalan area on Double Road in Quetta.

4
10
64
October 1

Two people were injured when unidentified militants hurled a hand grenade at a photographer's shop on Sariab Road.

0
2
65
October 4

Five persons were killed and dozens injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up in Hazara Town in Quetta (Quetta District), the provincial capital of Balochistan, where people were shopping for Eid.

5
12
66
October 6

One person was killed and two others were injured by unidentified assailants at a seminary situated in Multani Mohalla area of Quetta.

1
2
67
October 6

One person was killed and another was injured by unidentified assailants at Bilal Masjid in Quetta.

1
1
68
October 9

A roadside bomb exploded near a Police vehicle on Mastung Road in Quetta.

0
0
69-70
October 23

Nine members of the Hazara community were shot dead in sectarian target killings in different parts of Quetta (Quetta District), the provincial capital of Balochistan. Eight of them were killed in a single incident, which took place early in the morning in the Hazarganji area. The men were gunned down by unidentified militants as they were about to leave the area's vegetable market. An hour after the Hazarganji killings, armed men on a motorbike shot dead another member of the Hazara community in Kirani Road area.

9
0
71
October 23

One person was killed and 22 injured in suicide blast targeting JUI-F Maulana Fazlur Rahman on Meckangi Road of Quetta, moments after he ended his address at a rally in Sadiq Shaheed football ground.

1
22
72
October 23

Two persons were killed while another 12 were injured in an explosion on Qambarani road of Quetta.

2
12
73
October 28

The driver of a NATO container was injured in an ambush near Samungli in Quetta

0
1
74
October 30

SFs escaped a bomb blast that occurred in the Shalkot area of Quetta. However, no casualty was reported.

0
0
75
November 11

One person was killed and 20 others were injured in an explosion targeting a vehicle carrying ATC Judge Nazeer Ahmed Langove on Double Road in Quetta.

1
20
76
November 12

At least five people, including a Hindu vendor and a teenage boy, were killed while two others were critically wounded when unknown armed assailants opened fire at multiple shops on Usman Road in Balochi Street of Quetta.

5
2
77
November 14

A Policeman, identified as Sultan Mohammad, was killed when unidentified militants attacked a check post in Nasarabad area of Hana in Quetta.

1
0
78
November 18

Unidentified militants opened indiscriminate fire at a shop in Burma Hotel area on Sariab Road of Quetta, killing two people on the spot. The victims were identified as father and son.

2
0
79
November 21

Two people, including a SF official, were injured in an IED blast targeting SF's vehicle on Sariab Road in Provincial town of Quetta.

0
2
80
November 26

Unidentified militants shot dead four polio workers, including three female health workers, and injured three others on the Eastern Bypass in the outskirts of Quetta.

4
3
81
November 27

Over 30 suspects were arrested during a search operation conducted to arrest assailants involved in the killing of four polio workers in Quetta on November 26, 2014.

Arrest
82
December 1

SFs seized a truck carrying around 5,000 kilograms of explosives as it was attempting to enter Quetta.

Explosives recovery
83
December 2

A militant was killed and seven ATF personnel were injured during a joint encounter conducted by Police and Frontier Corps in Eastern Bypass area of Quetta.

1
7
84
December 2

At least two people were injured in a blast targeting the Adviser to Chief Minister on Education Sardar Raza Mohammad Barech on Joint Road in Quetta.

0
2
85
December 2

Unidentified armed assailants kidnapped a Hindu doctor, identified as Dr Manoj Kumar, from Quetta.

Abduction
86
December 3

Unidentified militants in an act of target killing killed two Policemen in Shalkot area of Quetta.

2
0
87
December 4

At least one person was killed and 13 others were injured in an explosion near Sabzi Mandi area in Satellite Town of Quetta.

1
13
88
December 9

The PRO and FC spokesman Balochistan Khan Wasey was injured in a firing incident on Double Road in Quetta.

0
1
89
December 10

A man was injured in a blast in the Sariab Road area of Quetta.

0
1
90
December 13

Unidentified militants targeted a Police mobile with an IED in Hazarganji area of Quetta.

0
0
91
December 15

Two Policemen, including DPO Kharan Muhammad Anwar Badini, were seriously injured when unidentified militants opened fire on their patrolling vehicle in Quetta.

0
2
92
December 18

SFs arrested four suspected militants, including an Uzbek national, near Eastern Bypass area of Quetta. SFs also recovered weapons and explosives from their possession.

Arrest
93
December 22

SFs arrested five suspected militants, including a 'commander' of unspecified Taliban faction, from the Kuchlak area of Quetta.

Arrest
94
December 24

At least 26 persons, including two children, were injured in a bicycle-bomb blast on Prince Road in Quetta.

0
26
95
December 26

At least 12 suspected militants, including two TTP 'commanders' were arrested during a raid conducted by SFs in house in Kuchlak area of Quetta.

Arrest
96
December 28

Police foiled a major terror bid by defusing two bombs planted on railway track on Sariab Road in provincial capital Quetta.

Bomb Recovery
97
December 28

FC and Police arrested four suspected militants, including a key 'commander' of an unnamed militant outfit, during a joint operation on Sariab Road area of Quetta.

Arrest
98
December 28

Police and SFs also foiled a major terror bid on Brewery Road in Quetta. Police sources said that the SFs defused a suicide jacket, which was kept close to a drain. The suicide jacket weighed 10 kilograms, Police said.

Bomb Recovery
99
December 29

SFs arrested 14 suspected militants, including a key 'commander', during an operation in the Eastern Bypass area of provincial capital Quetta.

Arrest
100
December 31

Unidentified assailants shot dead a man and his son in Sariab Road area of Quetta.

2
0
Total
123
356

Note:Compiled from news reports and are provisional.

 

 

 

 

 
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