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2016 Quetta suicide bombing
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2016 Quetta suicide bombing or 2016 Quetta attack may refer to:
January 2016 Quetta Suicide Bombing
January 2016 Quetta suicide bombing
Incident
At least 70 people, among them 13 Police personnel, a FC soldier and a civilian, were killed while 120 others were injured when suicide bomber blew himself up near a Government health centre in Satellite Town area of Quetta.2016-08-08 Pakistan hospital bomb attack kills dozens in Quetta https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37007661 2026-03-17 BBC News en-GB
August 2016 Suicide Bombing
August 2016 Quetta bombing
On 8 August, a suicide bombing occurred in Quetta, Pakistan at a hospital which injured over 100 and killed 70 more.Yousafzai Gul Suicide bomber kills at least 70 at Pakistan hospital, IS claims responsibility https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-blast-idUSKCN10J0I7/ 10 March 2026 reuters.com Reuters 9 August 2026
Incident
Earlier in the day Bilal Anwar Kasi president of Balochistan Bar Association, was attacked on the morning of 8 August near Mengal Chowk on Manno Jan Road while leaving his home for his office. His body was transported to the hospital for an autopsy and many people gathered at the hospital, many which were lawyers. A suicide bombing exploded inside of the hospital which led to much gunfire outside of the hospital which left many people injured or dead and about half of the fatalities and injuries were people that were lawyers.Zafar Mohammad Quetta weeps again http://tribune.com.pk/story/1157855/explosion-firing-heard-near-civil-hospital-quetta/ 10 March 2026 tribune.com.pk The Express Tribune 8 August 2016 en The Islamic State News Agency reported that ISIS had taken responsibility for the attack.
Reaction
The prime minister Nawaz Sharif addressed the attack and announced a three-day mourning period for Pakistan. Mehmood Khan Achakzai Chief of Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party called for Joint Sitting of the Parliament to discuss and revisit interior and foreign policies to cope with scourge of terrorism. he stressed the need to make the parliament an origin of power and making a joint front to effectively fight the menace of terrorism. He requested the government to declare it an attack on Pakistan like the USA had declared attacks on twin towers in New York an attack on America within five minutes.March 2026
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Category:Suicide bombings in Pakistan
Category:2016 mass murders
Category:2016 murders in Pakistan
Category:September 2016 in Pakistan
Category:Islamic State terrorist incidents in Balochistan, Pakistan
Category:Islamic State attacks in 2016
Category:Islamic State suicide bombings
Category:Suicide bombings in Quetta
Category:Suicide bombings in 2016