Date: April 19th, 2010
Method: Suicide Bomber
Location: Peshawar, Pakistan
Death Toll: 24
Injury Toll: 30+
Perpetrators: Unconfirmed
The Associated Press reports:
Police said the target was apparently officers watching over a rally by members of a political party against power cuts in the city. Police officers and protesters were among the 22 dead and more than 30 injured, said police chief Liaqat Ali Khan.
The rally was being held by the Jamat-e-Islami party, an Islamist grouping that is sympathetic to many of the goals of the Taliban and regularly criticizes army operations against them.
Police and two government officials blamed the Taliban for the attack. But Jamat-e-Islami spokesman Ameer-ul-Azeem declined to do so, and instead alleged that CIA or Indian intelligence were behind it — the conspiracy theory of choice for right-wing Islamists in Pakistan.
Date: April 19th, 2010
Method: Bomb
Location: Peshawar, Pakistan
Death Toll: 1
Injury Toll: 10
Perpetrators: Unconfirmed
The Associated Press reports:
Earlier, a bomb exploded outside a school run by a police welfare foundation, killing a young boy and wounding 10 people. The school raises money to help families of police officers. The victim was a boy aged between 5 and 7. Five of the wounded were children.
Taliban and al-Qaida militants based in the Afghan border region — who are fighting Pakistani police and the army — have carried out hundreds of attacks over the last three years. They have frequently targeted security forces, government officials and their supporters or family members in mosques, schools and markets, showing no concern for civilian casualties.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
6:55 PM
Claire Morcos
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Date: April 5th, 2010
Method: Truck Bomb, Machine Guns, Grenades,(at least) 5 Suicide Bombers - NYT
Location: American Consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan
Death Toll: 6
Injury Toll: 20
Perpetrators: TalibanThe Lede quotes Taliban Spokesman Azam Tariq:
“We accept the attacks on the American consulate. This is revenge for drone attacks,” Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Azam Tariq told AFP by telephone from an undisclosed location. “We have already told you that we have 2,800 to 3,000 fedayeen (suicide bombers). We will carry out more such attacks. We will target any place where there are Americans,” he said.
See Also: 4/05/10 - Suicide Bombing - Dir District for more details.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
2:39 PM
Claire Morcos
