2015 Jacobabad bombing

28°16′37″N 68°27′05″E / 28.27694°N 68.45139°E / 28.27694; 68.45139Date23 October 2015 (2015-10-23)TargetShia Muslims
Attack type
Suicide attackWeaponsExplosive beltDeathsat least 22; 20-25 missing[1]Injured20+PerpetratorsLashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ)
  • v
  • t
  • e
Terrorist attacks
in Pakistan (since 2001)
Italics indicates attacks resulting in more than 40 deaths
indicates attacks resulting in more than 100 deaths
Underline indicates the deadliest terrorist attack/s to date
2001
  • 1st Bahawalpur
2002
  • 1st Karachi
2003
  • 1st Quetta
2004
  • 2nd Quetta
  • 1st Multan
2005
  • 1st Mandi Bahauddin (Ahmadiyya)
2006
  • 4th Karachi
  • Dargai
2007
200820092010201120122013201420152016
20172018201920202021202220232024

On 23 October 2015, Twenty-three people were killed[2] and several others were wounded when a suicide bomber blast up in a procession of Shia Muslims in Jacobabad, Sindh, on Muharram 9. In this incident 32 people were injured.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ali, Sarfraz (16 August 2015). "Death toll rises to 22 in suicide attack at Punjab Interior Minister Shuja Khanzada's political office in Attock". Daily Pakistan. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  2. ^ ARY news. "Jacobabad bomb blast: death toll mounts to 23".
  3. ^ express tribune. "Investigations: Two teams formed to investigate Jacobabad bombing".