An interior view of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar's shrine in 2014.
Sehwan
Sehwan (Sindh)
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Sehwan
Sehwan (Pakistan)
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Location
Sehwan Sharif, Sindh, Pakistan
Date
16 February 2017
Target
Sufi pilgrims
Attack type
Suicide bombing
Weapons
Suicide jacket,[1] grenade[2]
Deaths
91 (+1 bomber)[3][4][5][6][7]
Injured
300+[8][9]
Perpetrators
ISIS
Assailants
1 suicide bomber
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2002
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2003
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2004
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2011
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4th Charsadda
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10th Peshawar
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4th Khyber
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1st Mastung
2012
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Mansehra
13th Peshawar (airport)
11th Dera Ismail Khan
2013
8th Quetta/3rd Swat ‡
9th Quetta
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Election day
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Mardan
Nanga Parbat
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5th Parachinar
12th Dera Ismail Khan (prison attack)
11th Karachi
12th Quetta
13th Quetta
18th Peshawar ‡
19th Peshawar
2014
12th Karachi (Chaudhry Aslam assassination)
1st Bannu
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20th Peshawar
13th Karachi (Jinnah International Airport)
14th Quetta
Wagah border
21st Peshawar (school massacre) ‡
2015
Shikarpur
22nd Peshawar
15th Lahore
14th Karachi
3rd Mastung
Attock
Camp Badaber
Taunsa Sharif
15th Quetta
Jacobabad
6th Parachinar
2016
16th Quetta
5th Charsadda (Bacha Khan University)
23rd Peshawar
16th Lahore
17th Quetta
3rd Mohmand
18th Quetta
2nd Khuzdar
2017
13th Dera Ismail Khan
7th Parachinar
17th Lahore
24th Peshawar
Sehwan
6th Charsadda
8th Parachinar
18th Lahore
25th Peshawar
4th Mastung
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Chaman
19th Lahore
20th Lahore
4th Bajaur
20th Quetta
1st Harnai
14th Dera Ismail Khan (Ataullah Shah)
Jhal Magsi
27th Peshawar
21st Quetta
2018
28th Peshawar
5th Mastung/2nd Bannu ‡
15th Dera Ismail Khan
2018 election violence
22nd Quetta
2nd Orakzai
15th Karachi (Chinese consulate)
2019
1st Loralai
2nd Loralai/Panjgur
23rd Quetta
20th Lahore
1st Gwadar
2020
24th Quetta
25th Quetta
16th Karachi (Stock Exchange)
2021
2021 Machh attack
3rd Chaman
26th Quetta (Serena Hotel)
21st Lahore
17th Karachi
27th Quetta
28th Quetta
2022
22nd Lahore
1st Kech
Panjgur and Naushki
29th Quetta
Sibi
29th Peshawar
Sangan
18th Karachi
19th Karachi
1st Miranshah
4th Swat
2nd Lakki Marwat
30th Quetta
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3rd Bannu
7th Islamabad
2023
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Khar
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16th Dera Ismail Khan
2nd Gwadar
Mianwali
Chilas
Daraban]
2024
2024 Balochistan
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On 16 February 2017, a suicide bombing took place inside the Shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan, Sindh, Pakistan, where pilgrims were performing a Sufi ritual after the evening prayers.[2][10][11] At least 90 people were killed and over 300 injured.[3][8][12][13][14]
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province claimed responsibility for the bombing.[10] Services at the shrine were resumed the next day in an act of defiance against terrorists,[15] while leading Pakistani performers partook in the traditional Sufi whirling dance at the shrine a few days later as a protest against the radical Islamist perpetrators.[16]
The attack followed a series of terrorist incidents earlier in the month, including a suicide attack in Lahore. Pakistani authorities alleged that the attacks were orchestrated by jihadists in Afghanistan.[17]
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^ abCite error: The named reference dawn/16feb2017 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ab"Sehwan blast: Death toll reaches 90 as two more victims succumb to injuries". Geo News. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
^"PM Nawaz, army chief visit Sehwan as death toll rises to 88". Express Tribune. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^"Death toll in attack on Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine rises to 83". Dunya TV. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
^Zaidi, Mubashir (16 February 2017). "Pakistan cracks down on militants as blast toll rises". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^Latief, Samiya (16 February 2017). "Sehwan blast: 100 killed in suicide attack at Sindhs Shahbaz Qalandar shrine; Pakistan-Afghanistan border shut". India Today. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
^ ab"88 dead, 343 injured in Sehwan shrine explosion: official data". Daily Times (Pakistan). 17 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
^"Over 70 martyred in suicide attack at shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar". The International News. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
^ ab"Explosion inside Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine in Sehwan; at least 50 dead". Express Tribune. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
^"At least 72 killed in Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine blast". Samaa TV. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
^"57 killed as suicide bomber hits Lal Shahbaz Qalandar's shrine in Sehwan". ARY News. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
^"Blast tears through shrine in Sehwan, at least 50 dead". The Nation. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
^"At least 72 martyred in bombing at Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine". Geo News. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
^"37 terrorists killed in security crackdown after Sehwan bombing". The News. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2017. At 3.30 am the shrine's caretaker stood among the carnage and defiantly rang its bell, a daily ritual that he vowed to continue, telling AFP he will "not bow down to terrorists".
^"Pakistani artists perform dhamaal at Sehwan shrine after suicide attack". HIndustan Times. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017. Kermani told reporters the idea behind her dance "was to tell the perpetrators of terrorism that nobody can stop dance and music. These are part of our heritage, our culture." The artist said she intended to perform 'dhamaal', the ecstatic spiritual dance which the saint used to perform in his life.
^"Pakistan asks Afghanistan to handover 76 terrorists immediately". Express Tribune. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
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