ISLAMABAD: A look at some recent major attacks in Pakistan or blamed on Pakistan-based militants:
June 9, 2009: A huge bomb explodes at a luxury hotel in Peshawar, killing at least five people and wounding 65 others.
June 6, 2009: Suicide bomber attacks Rescue 15 building in Islamabad, killing 2 and injuring 4.
June 5, 2009: Suicide bomber rips through a mosque in Upper Dir, killing 40 injuring 70.
May 27, 2009: A suicide car bomber targets buildings housing police and Rescue 15 in Lahore, killing about 30 and wounding at least 250.
March 30, 2009: Gunmen armed with rifles and hand grenades attack a police academy on the outskirts of Lahore, killing at least 12 people and wounding dozens.
March 27, 2009: A suicide bomber demolishes a packed mosque near the north-western town of Jamrud, killing about 50 people and injuring scores more.
March 3, 2009: Gunmen attack the Sri Lankan national cricket team in Lahore, wounding several players and killing six policemen and a driver.
Nov. 26-28, 2008: Ten attackers, allegedly from Pakistan, kill 164 people in a three-day assault on luxury hotels, a Jewish centre and other sites in Mumbai, India.
Sept. 20, 2008: A suicide truck bomb kills at least 54 and wounds more than 250 and devastates the Marriott hotel in Islamabad.
Sept. 6, 2008: A suicide car bombing kills at least 35 people and wounds 80 at a police checkpoint in Peshawar.
Aug. 21, 2008: Suicide bombers blow themselves up at two gates of a weapons factory in the town of Wah, killing at least 67 people and wounding at least 100.
March 11, 2008: Suicide bombs rip through the seven-story FIA headquarters and a house in Lahore, killing at least 24 people and wounding more than 200.
Feb. 29, 2008: Suicide bomber strikes funeral of slain police officer in the Swat Valley, killing more than 40 people and wounding at least 60.
Jan. 10, 2008: Suicide bomber blows himself up among police guarding the High Court in Lahore, killing 24 people and wounding scores more.
Dec. 27, 2007: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and 20 other people are killed in a suicide bombing and shooting attack in Rawalpindi. ap
Thursday, January 7, 2010
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