2016 Peshawar bus bombing

2016 Peshawar bus bombing
Part of War in North-West Pakistan
Location	Peshawar, Pakistan
Date	16 March 2016
Target	Civilians, Government employees^[1]
Attack type	Mass murder
Weapons	Bomb
Deaths	15^[1]
Non-fatal injuries	25^[1]

Terrorist attacks in Pakistan (since 2001)

Italics indicates attacks resulting in more than 40 deaths ‡ indicates attacks resulting in more than 100 deaths Underline indicates the deadliest terrorist attack/s to date

2001	1st Bahawalpur

2002	1st Karachi 2nd Karachi

2003	1st Quetta 1st Rawalpindi

2004	2nd Quetta 3rd Karachi 1st Fateh Jang 1st Multan

2005	1st Mandi Bahauddin (Ahmadiyya)

2006	4th Karachi 1st Dargai

2007	2nd Rawalpindi 5th Karachi ‡ 1st Charsadda 3rd Rawalpindi (Bhutto assassination)

2008	2nd Charsadda Parachinar 1st Swat 1st Darra Adam Khel 1st Islamabad 2nd Islamabad Wah 2nd Swat 1st Peshawar 3rd Islamabad Orakzai ‡ 2nd Peshawar

2009	2nd Lahore (Lankan cricket) 1st Khyber 3rd Lahore 4th Islamabad Chakwal 4th Lahore Upper Dir 3rd Peshawar 5th Lahore Khanewal Kohat 4th Peshawar 4th Rawalpindi Shangla 6th Lahore 5th Islamabad 5th Peshawar ‡ 5th Rawalpindi 6th Peshawar 6th Rawalpindi 7th Lahore 1st Dera Ghazi Khan 1st Lower Dir 6th Karachi

2010	Lakki Marwat ‡ 1st Bajaur 2nd Lower Dir 7th Karachi 2nd Khyber 3rd Khyber 8th Lahore 9th/10th Lahore U.S consulate and ANP attack 1st Timergarah 2nd/3rd Kohat 8th Peshawar 11th Lahore (Ahmadiyya) 12th Lahore (Sufi) 1st Mohmand Agency ‡ 13th Lahore (Shia) 3rd Quetta 2nd Darra Adam Khel 8th Karachi (CID) 2nd Mohmand Agency 2nd Bajaur

2011	Faisalabad 9th Peshawar 2nd Dera Ghazi Khan 3rd Charsadda PNS Mehran 10th Peshawar 4th Khyber 4th Quetta 9th Karachi ‡ (target killings) 1st Mastung

2012	5th Khyber 1st Rahim Yar Khan 2nd Parachinar 1st Kohistan 11th Peshawar 2nd Bajaur 5th Quetta 12th Peshawar 6th Khyber 1st Mansehra 2nd Darra Adam Khel 1st Khuzdar 13th Peshawar - Airport 7th Khyber 14th Peshawar 15th Peshawar 6th Quetta

2013	Quetta and Swat bombings ‡ Quetta Hazara bombings 10th Karachi Election day bombings Quaid-e-Azam residency Quetta shooting & bombings Mardan funeral bombing 16th Peshawar Nanga Parbat massacre 7th Quetta/17th Peshawar 14th Lahore 3rd Parachinar 11th Karachi Quetta funeral bombing Quetta mosque attack Peshawar church attack 18th Peshawar (Qissa Khawani Bazaar)

2014	12th Karachi (Chaudhry Aslam assassination) 19th Peshawar 13th Karachi (Jinnah International Airport) Quetta Airbase attack Gujranwala attacks (Ahmadiyya) Wagah Border bombing 20th Peshawar (school massacre) ‡

2015	Shikarpur bombing 21st Peshawar 15th Lahore 14th Karachi 2015 Mastung bus attack 2015 Attock bombing 2015 Camp Badaber attack Taunsa Sharif bombing 8th Quetta 2015 Jacobabad bombing 2015 Jhelum attacks

2016	9th Quetta Bacha Khan University attack 22nd Peshawar 16th Lahore 10th Quetta Mohamand Agency bombing 11th Quetta 2nd Khuzdar

A bomb detonated in a bus carrying government employees in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 15 and injuring at least 25.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

References

1 2 3 4 "Pakistan: Bus bomb explosion kills 15 in Peshawar". BBC News.
↑ "Deadly bomb blast hits bus in Pakistan".
↑ "15 people die in Peshawar bus bombing". DAWN. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
↑ Reuters Editorial (16 March 2016). "Bomb on bus kills 15 government employees in Pakistan". Reuters.
↑ "15 killed, dozens injured in Peshawar bus explosion". The Express Tribune. 16 March 2016.
↑ "Pakistan Bus Bombing Kills at Least 14 in Peshawar". The New York Times. 17 March 2016.

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