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Sectarian Violence in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - 2012

S.N.

Date

Place / District

Incidents

killed
Injured

1

January 28

Grid Road / Dera Ismail Khan / KP

A Policeman, identified as Jehangir, was killed when heavily armed militants fired at him on Grid Road, in Dera Ismail Khan District. One of the suspected militants was killed in retaliation. DIG Syed Imtiaz said that the incident was a "sectarian violence."

2
0
2 February 1

Bypass road / Hangu / KP

A prominent member of Sunni Supreme Council and secretary general of a welfare organisation, Khalid, was killed by unidentified militants on the bypass road in Hangu District.

1
0
3 February 6

Mansehra town / Manshera District / KP

A man was shot dead and 14 others were injured as two rival sectarian groups clashed during Eid Miladun Nabi (celebration of the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad) in Mansehra town of Manshera District of KP.

1
14
4 February 28

Harban Nullah / Kohistan / KP

Armed militants dressed in military uniforms killed at least 18 Shias, all men, from Gilgit-Baltistan, on the Karakoram Highway in Kohistan District while they were returning in a convoy from a pilgrimage in Iran.

18
0
5 March 19

Shahu Square / Mohallah Sangerh / Hangu / KP

Unidentified motorcycle borne assailants shot dead one Zakir Ali, chief of Shia Peace Committee, at Shahu Square in Mohallah Sangerh of Hangu District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

1
0
6 August 16 Lulusar / Manshera / KP

Militants forced passengers to step out of three buses in the Lulusar area of Manshera District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and shot dead 25 of them in an apparent sectarian attack.

25
0
7 November 23

Swat District

A prayer leader of a local mosque, identified as Maulana Muhammad Hussain, was shot dead in a targeted attack in Khwazakhela area of Swat District.

1
0
8 November 23

Lakki Marwat District

A suicide bomber blew himself up near a Shia gathering worship place in Lakki Marwat town of the same District injuring two Policemen.

1
2
9 November 23

Mardan District

A shrine was blown up by militants in the Takhtbhai area of Mardan District. However, no casualties were reported.

0
0
10 November 24

Dera Ismail District

Eight persons were killed and 30 others were injured in a remote-controlled bomb blast near a Muharram procession in the Dera Ismail Khan District.

8
30
Total
58
46

Source: Figures are compiled from news reports and are provisional.

 

 

 

 

 
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