On 26 June 2013, a bomb exploded near
Burns Road killing nine people and injuring fifteen in
Karachi
Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former c ...
, Pakistan. The bomb was intended to blow up
Sindh High Court
The High Court of Sindh ( ur, ) is the highest judicial institution of the Pakistani province of Sindh. Established in 1906, the Court situated in the provincial capital at Karachi. Apart from being the highest Court of Appeal for Sindh in ...
justice
Maqbool Baqar's convoy. The bomb was located on a motorbike near a mosque. Five of the people killed in the bomb explosion were police officers. On 17 July 2013, DIG South Dr Ameer Sheikh claimed that police arrested Bashir Leghari, suspected of being the mastermind of the attack on the judge's convoy, along with two of his accomplices in an operation carried out in Karachi's
Surjani Town.
See also
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March 2013 Karachi bombing
The March 2013 Karachi bombing was a terrorist attack that struck a predominantly Shia area inside Abbas Town, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town in Karachi, Pakistan on 3 March 2013. At least 48+ people were killed and more than 180+ others injured after a c ...
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Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2013
This is a list of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2013. Some of the incidents are sectarian in nature and the TTP is responsible for a majority of them.
January – March
* January 1 — Malik Mukhtar Hussain, was a prominent licensed organ ...
References
2013 murders in Pakistan
21st-century mass murder in Pakistan
Improvised explosive device bombings in Pakistan
Mass murder in 2013
Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2013
2010s in Karachi
Terrorist incidents in Karachi
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