August 2011 Quetta bombing

August 2011 Quetta bombing
Part of War in North-West Pakistan
Location	Quetta, Pakistan
Date	August 30, 2011
Target	Mosque
Weapons	Car bomb
Deaths	11
Injured	20

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

1st Dera Ismail Khan
1st Charsadda
July bombings ‡
2nd Rawalpindi
5th Karachi ‡
2nd Charsadda
3rd Rawalpindi (Bhutto assassination)

12th Karachi (Chaudhry Aslam assassination)
1st Bannu
2nd Mastung
20th Peshawar
13th Karachi (Jinnah International Airport)
14th Quetta
Wagah border
21st Peshawar (school massacre) ‡

2015

2016

16th Quetta
5th Charsadda (Bacha Khan University)
23rd Peshawar
16th Lahore
17th Quetta
3rd Mohmand
18th Quetta
2nd Khuzdar

The August 2011 Quetta bombing refers to a suicide car bomb attack in Quetta mosque that left 11 Shia Muslims dead and 20 more injured on August 30, 2011.^[1] The victims were leaving their place of worship after Eid prayers when the bomb went off at the parking lot.^[2] Ahsan Mahboob, a Pakistani Capital City Police Officer, said that the bomb had 40 kilograms (88 lb) of explosives. Besides dead and injured, which were transported to the Civil Hospital and Bolan Medical College, the bomb also destroyed 10 cars along with a few houses.^[3] No one claimed responsibility for the attack.^[4]^[5] After the blast there was police cordoning and mourning. The mourning was announced by Quetta Azadari Council which lasted for the whole week. It was then followed by condemnation of attack from both JAP President Allama Abbas Kumaili and Hazara Democratic Party.^[6]

References

^ "11 killed in Quetta suicide blast". Pakistan Today. AFP. August 31, 2011. Archived from the original on July 19, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
^ "Bomber kills 11 outside mosque in Quetta, Pakistan". BBC News. August 31, 2011. Archived from the original on April 10, 2012. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
^ Shehzad Baloch (August 31, 2011). "11 killed in powerful blast outside Quetta mosque". The Express Tribune. Archived from the original on March 26, 2012. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
^ "Car Bomb Kills 10 After Eid Prayers in Pakistan". Voice of America. August 30, 2011. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
^ "Deadly car bomb hits Pakistan's Quetta city". Al Jazeera. August 31, 2011. Archived from the original on July 19, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
^ "Shia community in Quetta Mourns, on Eid ul Fitr over the Blast, which killed at least 11, while several others Injured". Jafria News. August 31, 2011. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2014.