Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2019

Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2019 include:

January

• 5 January - Six people, including two women, were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Peshawar. The IED was planted in a car parked next to Sunehri Masjid in Peshawar Cantonment.^[1][2]
• 6 January - At least nine people were injured in an IED blast in Jan Adda area of Pishin District. The IED planted in a motorcycle targeted a Balochistan Levies vehicle.^[3] Another two people, including a security man, were injured in a motorcycle blast near a Frontier Corps vehicle in Panjgur.^[4][5]
• 9 January - A Karachi-Islamabad RLNG pipeline was targeted by a timed explosive device near Bhong in Rahim Yar Khan District.^[6] No casualties were reported as a result of the incident.^[7]
• 29 January - January 2019 Loralai attack - 9 people including 8 policemen and a civilian were killed while 22 others were injured when gunmen and suicide bombers attacked a Deputy Inspector General's (DIG) office. The Tehrik-i-Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.^[8]

February

• 16 February - February 2019 Balochistan attacks

April

12 April - 2019 Quetta attack

18 April - 2019 Makran Massacre.^[9]

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.^[10]

July

• 21 July - At least seven people were killed in a suicide attack at a hospital in Dera Ismail Khan.^[11]
• 27 July - Pakistan Army's 10 personnel were killed in two separate attacks in North Waziristan and Balochistan.^[12]

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. "Nine injured in blast targeting Levies vehicle in Balochistan's Pishin". Samaa TV. January 6, 2019.
4. "Blasts leave 11 injured in Pishin, Panjgur". The Express Tribune. January 6, 2019.
5. "12 injured in Pishin, Panjgur blasts". Dawn. January 7, 2019.
6. "RLNG pipeline in Rahim Yar Khan targeted in bomb attack". Dawn. January 9, 2019.
7. "Gas supply suspended in Rahim Yar Khan after pipeline explodes, catches fire". Samaa TV. January 9, 2019.
8. "Loralai attack death toll mounts to 9". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
9. Hashim, Asad. "At least 14 killed in attack on buses in Pakistan". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
10. 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)
11. "Female suicide bomber strikes hospital in Pakistan, killing 9". South China Morning Post. 21 July 2019.
12. Dawn.com (2019-07-27). "10 armed forces personnel martyred in two terrorist attacks in N. Waziristan, Balochistan: ISPR". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2023-07-22.

External links

• South Asia Terrorism Portal