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On 1 October 2004, a bombing occurred at the Zainabia mosque [1] in Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan. [2] Hundreds of Shia Muslims were attending Friday prayers in the mosque at the time. [2] The improvised explosive device was hidden in a briefcase and exploded in the centre of the prayer hall. [2] It killed 31 people and injured dozens of others. [3]
On 10 January 2020, a suicide bombing took place inside a Taliban-run mosque located in Ghousabad neighbourhood during Maghrib prayer in Quetta's Satellite Town area. [1] The bomb had been planted inside a seminary in the mosque. [7] Among the killed was a Deputy Superintendent of Police, the apparent target of the attack, along with 14 civilians.
The December 2009 Rawalpindi attack in Rawalpindi, Pakistan was a terrorist attack on a mosque during Friday prayers on 4 December 2009. [2] The mosque is located near the Pakistan Army 's headquarters in Rawalpindi, is surrounded by military houses and is frequented by retired and serving officers.
Security officials and rescue workers gather at the site of suicide bombing, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. A suicide bomber struck Monday inside a mosque in the northwestern ...
A suicide bomber struck on Monday inside a mosque in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar, killing at least 25 people and wounding as many as 90 worshippers, officials said. Footage from the ...
QUETTA/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) -Suicide bombings ripped through two mosques in Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 57 people, including seven children, as believers marked the birthday of ...
The bombing destroyed a wall and the roof of the mosque, burying hundreds of people in rubble. Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a faction of the Pakistani Taliban (TTP), claimed responsibility for the bombing, stating that it was carried out to avenge the death of their founder and former leader Omar Khalid Khorasani. Shortly after their claim, the TTP issued ...
On 4 July 2003, 53 Hazara Shias were killed and at least 65 others were injured when a mosque was attacked during the Friday prayer in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. [1] [2] When hundreds of worshipers were offering Friday prayer, three armed men entered the Asna Ashari Hazara Imambargah and started shooting and throwing hand grenades and one suicide bomber blew himself up - which left 53 dead ...