Violent incidents in Pakistan since Osama’s killing
May 23rd, 2011 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 23 (IANS) The following is a timeline of violent incidents in Pakistan since the May 2 killing of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in a US commandos operation in Abbottabad:
May 22/23: Fierce gunfights raged overnight as heavily-armed terrorists stormed a key military facility in Karachi, destroyed two surveillance aircraft and left five personnel dead.
May 21: Fifteen people were killed in a NATO oil tanker blast following a bomb attack on the vehicle in northwest Pakistan.
May 20: One person was killed and 10 people, including two Americans, were injured in a powerful explosion that targeted US consulate vehicles in the northwestern city of Peshawar.
May 18 : Twenty militants and two security personnel were killed when a group of over 100 rebels attacked a check post Wednesday morning in Peshawar.
May 16 : Four men riding two motorcycles shoot dead a Saudi consulate officer in Karachi, five days after grenades were hurled at the consulate.
May 16: A minister of Pakistan’s Balochistan province narrowly escapes when his convoy was shot at by unidentified gunmen.
May 16: A man was killed and his body was cut into pieces while another man was gunned down after he was set ablaze by militants in North Waziristan for helping the US.
May 14: Seven people, including three women and a child, were killed when a bomb exploded in a bus in Punjab province.Local TV channels reported that it was a suicide blast but the police did not confirm this.
May 13: Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at a training centre for Pakistani security personnel Friday, killing at least 80 people and injuring over 100. The Taliban, which claimed responsibility for the attack, said it was in “revenge” for Osama’s killing.
May 10: A woman suicide bomber detonated herself at the main entrance to a court, killing three police personnel.
May 6: Eight people were killed and 15 injured when militants opened fire at people doing their morning exercises at a park in Quetta.
May 2: At least four people were killed and eight others injured when an explosion ripped through a mosque in a Pakistani town.
- US consulate vehicles targeted in Peshawar blast, one dead (Second Lead) - May 20, 2011
- Four dead in Peshawar suicide bombing (Lead, changing dateline) - May 25, 2011
- Foreigners fired at during evacuation from Karachi base - May 25, 2011
- Hold joint session of parliament on Karachi attack: PML-N - May 26, 2011
- Bomb attack strikes U.S. Consulate vehicles in Pakistan - May 20, 2011
- Terror siege at Pakistan military base ends, 14 dead - May 23, 2011
- Five policemen among six killed in Peshawar blasts (Lead) - Aug 11, 2011
- Gunbattle on as terrorists take hostages at Pakistan naval facility - May 23, 2011
- More blasts in Pakistan, three killed (Lead) - Jan 13, 2011
- 11 die in Kabul attack after Obama trip (Third Lead) - May 02, 2012
- Eight die as militants open fire in Pakistan park (Lead) - May 06, 2011
- 12 killed as bombings target US consulate in Peshawar (Fourth Lead) - Apr 06, 2010
- 25 killed in Pakistan suicide blast (Lead) - Feb 17, 2012
- Taliban's revenge: 80 killed in Pakistan suicide blasts (Third Lead) - May 13, 2011
- Three killed in another blast in Pakistan - Jan 13, 2011
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