Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2018

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Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2018 include:

January

  • 15 January - Security personnel were killed when their vehicle was ambushed in Balochistan.[1]
  • 16 January - Gunmen killed a police constable in Quetta.[2][3]
  • 16 January - A suicide bomber on a motorcycle in Karachi, aided by gunmen, targeted a senior officer known for leading raids on militant hideouts. The officer survived, and his guards killed two of the gunmen.[4]
  • 18 January - Gunmen killed a mother and daughter working on polio vaccination in Quetta.[5]
  • 30 January - A bomb explosion in the Upper Kurram Agency killed multiple members of the same family.[6]

February

  • 2 February - A suicide bomber injured two guards.[7]
  • 3 February - Eleven soldiers of the Pakistan Army were killed from a suicide attack near a military camp in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.[8]
  • 5 February - Multiple casualties from a bomb that targeted a pro-government leader in Panjgur.[9]
  • 5 February - Gunmen attacked two Chinese nationals in Karachi.[10][11]
  • 5 February - Multiple casualties when a vehicle was attacked in North Waziristan.[12][13]
  • 7 February - Multiple casualties from a remote-controlled explosion in Bajaur Agency.[14][15]
  • 14 February - Tehrik-i-Taliban gunmen killed paramilitary soldiers in Quetta.[16]
  • 16 February - A leading tribal elder and chief of a local peace committee was killed by a bomb in Bajaur Agency.[17]
  • 21 February - A police checkpoint in Peshawar was attacked by people with hand grenades.[18]
  • 23 February - The car of a senior government official on Peshawar's Ring Road was targeted with a bomb.[19]
  • 28 February - Paramilitary soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing outside Quetta. Elsewhere in Quetta, gunmen killed two guards in a senior police officer's convoy.[20][21]

March

  • 8 March - Two people were shot in Quetta.[22][23]
  • 14 March - Multiple casualties in a suicide bombing at a police checkpoint outside Lahore.[24][25][26]
  • 17 March - Terrorists killed polio workers and a paramilitary Frontier Corps soldier in Mohmand Agency.[27][28]
  • 24 March - A hand grenade thrown at a spring festival in Dera Ismail Khan injured dozens of people.[29][30]
  • 30 March - An IED killed policemen in the district police officer's convoy in Dera Ismail Khan.[31][32]
  • 31 March - Gunfire during an operation in Balochistan resulted in the death of one soldier and one terrorist.[33][34]

April

  • 1 April - Gunmen attacked a vehicle in Quetta, killing a member of the Shia Hazara community.[35]
  • 9 April - A suicide bomber injured multiple people near a Balochistan Frontier Corps vehicle in Quetta.[36][37]
  • 15 April - Christians were shot and killed outside a church in Quetta.[38]
  • 18 April - A shopkeeper in the Shia Hazara community was shot and killed in Quetta.[39]
  • 22 April - Gunmen on a motorcycle killed Shiites outside Quetta.[40]
  • 24 April - Three suicide bombings killed multiple policemen in Quetta.[41][42]
  • 26 April - Multiple people were killed by a hand grenade attack at a wedding in North Waziristan.[43][44]
  • 28 April - Two shopkeepers in the Hazara community were shot and killed in Quetta.[45][46]

May

  • 2 May - A roadside bomb exploded in Safi Tehsil.[47]
  • 3 May - A bomb injured three security personnel in Jani Khel.[48]
  • 3 May - A vehicle carrying civilian employees of an atomic agency PAEC was attacked in Attock. There were multiple casualties.[49][50]
  • 4 May - Six labourers of Punjabi descent were shot dead in Balochistan.[51][50]
  • 6 May - Ahsan Iqbal, Interior Minister, was shot in the shoulder while getting out of his car to attend a political meeting in Punjab province.[52]
  • 11 May - A bomb targeted a police patrol at a bus stop in Bannu.[53]
  • 14 May - A Shiite religious scholar was shot by Lashkar-e-Jhangvi terrorists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[54]
  • 27 May - Two Policemen and two militants were killed when unidentified militants opened fire on Policemen at Sarki Road in Quetta, Balochistan.[55]

July

August

  • 4 August - A government girls' school was torched in the Darel tehsil of the Diamer District in Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan. In another incident, one policeman was killed and another wounded in a gun battle in the Tangir tehsil of the same district. A militant was also killed in the incident.
  • 11 August - A suicide bomber of Balochistan Liberation Army targeted a bus with Chinese engineers in Dalbandin left 6 injured.
  • 23 August -One security personnel was killed and an additional 3 were injured in a bomb blast in
    North Waziristan[64] Pakistan.[65]

September

October

  • 2 October - Terrorists opened fire and bombed a convoy killing 3 Pakistani Security personnel and injuring 8 more at the Awaran District of Balochistan, Pakistan. No group has claimed responsibility although Terrorist groups have done similar attacks in that area in the past.
  • 8 October - A shooting attack left a policeman dead in Karachi, Pakistan the Hizbul-Ahrar militant group claimed responsibility and claimed injuring 3 policemen more.[66]
  • 11 October - A roadside bomb targeted a vehicle belonging to the
    Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
    claimed responsibility for the attack.
  • 13 October - Two Oil and gas employees of a company were kidnapped by Hizbul-Ahrar militants in North Waziristan. A search operation by Pakistani security forces was conducted.[67]
  • 19 October - Two soldiers of the Frontier Corps (FC) were killed when militants opened fire on them at South Waziristan. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack.[68][69]
  • 22 October - Five people including three minor girls and a mother were injured when a toy bomb they picked up blew up. The attack occurred in the Bannu District in the restive region of Northwest Pakistan.[70][71]
  • 23 October - Three workers of an oil and gas exploration company and a security officer were shot dead by unknown gunmen after being abducted, their vehicle was also set on fire, the attack occurred in the restive region of North Waziristan, Pakistan.[72][73][74]
  • 24 October - 4 students were injured when several unknown gunmen opened fire outside a school in Quetta, Pakistan.[75]
  • 25 October - Balochistan militants attacked a Pakistani military convoy killing 2 in Balochistan's Washuk District.[76]
  • 25 October - A policeman in Quetta was killed when assailants opened fire on him in the Barori police station. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan later claimed responsibility for the attack.[77][78][79]
  • 29 October - A bomb detonated targeting a vehicle of the security forces in the Bajaur District of North-west Pakistan, 4 security personnel were injured. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack.[80]

November

  • 5 November - A security official was killed and another one was injured in a bomb blast in Datta Khel as they were patrolling. Hizbul Ahrar claimed responsibility for the bombing.[81][82]
  • 7 November - A security officer was killed and another four soldiers were wounded when a security officer was trying to defuse a bomb that was placed by militants in Pakistan's Mohmand district. Hizbul Ahrar claimed responsibility.[83][84][85]
  • 17 November - A former senior police officer was gunned down while walking towards his home by multiple assailants in Quetta. This former senior police officer had also survived other numerous attacks. The Tehrik-i-Taliban later claimed responsibility.[86]
  • 18 November - Two soldiers were killed and two others were wounded when militants attacked their vehicle with rockets in the North Waziristan region. Tehrik-i-Taliban later claimed responsibility.[87][88]
  • 22 November - Four people were injured in the Dera Bugti District when their passenger vehicle struck a roadside bomb, no group has claimed responsibility for the blast.[89][90]
  • 23 November

December

  • 2 December - A Pakistani Shia coalmine worker was shot dead while another person was injured by Lashkar-e-Jhangvi terrorists in the Machh town of Pakistan.[91]
  • 6 December - Terrorists attacked a security patrol, prompting an exchange of fire in which a terrorist was killed and another one was wounded, while two police officers were also injured in the attack that took place in the Dera Ghazi Khan District.[92][93]
  • 14 December - Six Pakistani security officers were killed and 14 others were injured when terrorists opened fire and bombed a security convoy in the Kech district. A Balochistan separatist group claimed responsibility for the attack, 4 terrorists were later killed by security forces.[94][95][96][97]
  • 29 December - Two members of the bomb disposal squad were killed, when they were struck by a bomb in the Mohmand District, another person also suffered injuries, the organization Hizbul Ahrar claimed responsibility.[98][99]

See also

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