TIMELINE OF BUS ATTACKS IN KARACHI

TIMELINE OF BUS ATTACKS IN KARACHI

 

  • May 8, 2002– 13 people were killed and 40 injured when a suicide bomber attacked a bus carrying French naval engineers from their hotel to where they were working on the submarines sold to Pakistan in a deal.
  • 26 April, 2011– Four people including two personnel of Pakistan Navy were killed and several inured in two separate terrorist attacks targeting Navy buses.
  • 28 April, 2011– Five people were killed and 15 others wounded after a bomb planted on a roadside exploded when a Pakistan Navy bus was passing in the Karsaz area.
  • 11 July, 2012– Two personnel were killed and 18 others injured in a powerful bicycle-bomb blast targeting a Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) bus at a stop in Mawach Goth near Hub Chowki.
  • 13 February, 2014– A bombing targeting a Police Commando bus claimed the lives of 13 policemen and left 57 others injured.
  • 27 March, 2015– Two policemen were killed and 15 injured when a bomb explosion ripped through their bus.