2015 Jacobabad bombing

Location| Lashari Mohalla, Jacobabad, Sindh, Pakistan
Coordinates| 28°16′37″N 68°27′05″E﻿ / ﻿28.27694°N 68.45139°E﻿ / 28.27694; 68.45139
Date| 23 October 2015 (2015-10-23)
Target| Shia Muslims

Attack type

| Suicide attack
Weapons| Explosive belt
Deaths| at least 22; 20-25 missing[1]
Injured| 20+
Perpetrators| Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ)

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2014|

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2015|

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* 15th Quetta
* Jacobabad
* 6th Parachinar

2016|

* 16th Quetta
* 5th Charsadda (Bacha Khan University)
* 23rd Peshawar
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* 3rd Mohmand
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* 2nd Khuzdar

2017|

* 13th Dera Ismail Khan
* 7th Parachinar
* 17th Lahore
* 24th Peshawar
* Sehwan
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* 18th Lahore
* 25th Peshawar
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* Jhal Magsi
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* 21st Quetta

2018|

* 28th Peshawar
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* 15th Dera Ismail Khan
* 2018 election violence
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* 15th Karachi (Chinese consulate)

2019|

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2020|

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* 16th Karachi (Stock Exchange)

2021|

* 1st Machh
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* 26th Quetta (Serena Hotel)
* 21st Lahore
* 17th Karachi
* 27th Quetta
* 28th Quetta

2022|

* 22nd Lahore
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2023|

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2024|

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* 32nd Quetta
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2025|

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* Jaffar Express hijacking
* 7th Mastung
* North Waziristan clashes
* 2nd Machh
* 3rd N Waziristan
* 3rd Khuzdar
* Mir Ali
* 5th Bajaur

On 23 October 2015, twenty-three people were killed[2] and several others were wounded when a suicide bomber targeted a procession of Shia Muslims marking Ashoura in Jacobabad, Sindh. At least five children are among the dead.[3] The bombing also injured at least 32 people.[4][5]

## See also

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* Targeted killings in Pakistan
* Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2015

## References

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1. ^ Ali, Sarfraz (16 August 2015). "Death toll rises to 22 in suicide attack at Punjab Interior Minister Shuja Khanzada's political office in Attock". Daily Pakistan. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
2. ^ ARY news. "Jacobabad bomb blast: death toll mounts to 23".
3. ^ "Pakistan unrest: Suicide bomber kills Shia marchers in Jacobabad". BBC News. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
4. ^ "Deaths as suicide bomber targets Shias in Pakistan". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
5. ^ express tribune. "Investigations: Two teams formed to investigate Jacobabad bombing".

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