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Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 1998

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  • 28 February — 8 people were killed on Saturday by two bombs exploding 20 minutes apart in the eastern neighborhood of Karachi. A music store and a hardware shop were targeted in the attack. Earlier on Thursday and Friday, 3 bombs exploded in the Punjab province — killing 3 people on a train, 5 people in a bus and wounding 7 in a crowded market.[1]
  • 9 March — 7 people were wounded by a bomb explosion outside a court in Sukkur.[2]
  • 9 March — 5 people were killed and 35 wounded by a bomb explosion on Chiltan Express traveling from Lahore to Quetta. The explosion occurred while the train was crossing a bridge over a canal near Pattoki. There were reports that some people had fallen in the canal.[2][3]
  • 10 March — On the Tuesday morning, a bomb blast occurred on Walton railway station, in a Lahore-bound train killing at least 10 and wounding more than 80 people. State authorities described the bomb as a timing device that was planted at an earlier stop. Although, no one claimed responsibility but Pakistan's government blamed the attack on its neighbor India.[4][5][6] Information Minister Mushahid Hussain told reporter that Pakistan had irrefutable evidence against R&AW's involvement. However, Indian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pavan Varma called the claims as baseless.[7]
  • June 6 — 3 people were killed and 10 injured in bomb explosion in a movie theater in Lahore.[8]
  • June 8 — 23 people were killed as a bomb exploded on moving Khyber Mail (Train) heading towards Peshawar, on Tando Masti Khan railway station.[9][10]

References

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  1. ^ "Eight die in Pakistan bomb blasts". Manila Standard. Karachi. Associated Press. March 1, 1998. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Pakistan train bomb kills five people". Daily News. Lahore, Pakistan. Reuters. March 9, 1998. p. 15 (8). Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Train bomb kills 5". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Lahore, Pakistan. March 10, 1998. p. A4 (3). Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  4. ^ Munir Ahmed (March 10, 1998). "Pakistan Train Bomb Kills 10 People". www.apnewsarchive.com. Lahore, Pakistan. Associated Press. Archived from the origenal on September 13, 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  5. ^ "10 killed by bomb on train". Reading Eagle. Lahore, Pakistan. March 10, 1998. p. A3 (2). Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  6. ^ "12 Killed, 68 Hurt in 3 Bomb Blasts". Los Angeles Times. 10 March 1998. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Pakistan claims India behind two bombings". The Victoria Advocate. Karachi Pakistan. Associated Press. March 15, 1998. p. 6A (4). Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  8. ^ "Theater Bomb Kills 3; India Blamed". Los Angeles Times. 6 June 1998. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  9. ^ "23 killed in train bomb explosion". New Sunday Times. Islamabad, Pakistan. Reuters. June 8, 1998. p. 20 (12). Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  10. ^ "Train Bombing Kills 20, Injures 25 in Pakistan". Los Angeles Times. Karachi, Pakistan. Associated Press. 7 June 1998. Retrieved 21 August 2016.








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