Major attacks in Pakistan so far in October
By APThursday, October 15, 2009
Major attacks in Pakistan so far in October
A look at the major attacks in Pakistan in the past two weeks:
— Oct. 16, 2009: Three suicide attackers hit a police station in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing 13.
— Oct. 15, 2009: Teams of gunmen attack three security facilities in the eastern city of Lahore, leaving at least 28 people dead, including the nine militants, while car bombs kill 11 people in northwestern Kohat district and a 6-year-old boy in Peshawar.
— Oct. 12, 2009: A suicide car bomb explodes near a market in the northwestern Shangla district, killing 41, including six security officers.
— Oct. 10, 2009: A raid on the army headquarters in Rawalpindi leads to a 22-hour standoff that leaves nine militants and 14 others dead.
— Oct. 9, 2009: A suicide car bomb in Peshawar kills 53 people.
— Oct. 5, 2009: A bomber dressed as a security official kills five staffers at the U.N. food agency’s headquarters in the capital, Islamabad.
