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Recent attacks executed or plotted in Pakistan

A look at some recent major attacks in Pakistan or blamed on Pakistan-based militants.

  • AP
  • Published: 12:21 March 30, 2009
  • Gulf News

A look at some recent major attacks in Pakistan or blamed on Pakistan-based militants:

March 30, 2009: Gunmen armed with rifles and hand grenades attack a police academy on the outskirts of the eastern city of Lahore, killing 11 officers and wounding dozens.

March 27, 2009: A suicide bomber demolishes a packed mosque near the northwestern town of Jamrud, killing about 50 people and injuring scores more.

March 3, 2009: Gunmen attack the Sri Lankan national cricket team in Lahore, wounding several players and killing six policemen and a driver.

November 26-28, 2008: Ten attackers kill 164 people in a three-day assault on luxury hotels, a Jewish centre and other sites in Mumbai, India.

September 20, 2008: A suicide truck bomb kills at least 54 and wounds more than 250 and devastates the Marriott hotel in Islamabad.

September 6, 2008: A suicide car bombing kills at least 35 people and wounds 80 at a police checkpoint in Peshawar.

August 21, 2008: Suicide bombers blow themselves up at two gates of a weapons factory in the town of Wah, killing at least 67 people and wounding at least 100.

March 11, 2008: Suicide bombs rip through seven-story police headquarters and a house in Lahore, killing at least 24 people and wounding more than 200.

February 29, 2008: Suicide bomber strikes funeral of slain police officer in the Swat Valley, killing more than 40 people and wounding at least 60.

January 10, 2008: Suicide bomber blows himself up among police guarding the High Court in Lahore, killing 24 people and wounding scores more.

December 27, 2007: Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and 20 other people are killed in a suicide bombing and shooting attack in Rawalpindi, just south of the capital.

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