2003 Quetta mosque bombing

Terrorist incident in Quetta, Pakistan March 2023 March 2023 2003 Quetta mosque bombing Pakistan - Balochistan - Quetta.svg Map of Quetta Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan 2003 07 04 y Pakistan Standard Time Suicide bombing, mass shooting, grenade attack Hand grenades, explosive belt, guns 53 at least 65 Lashkar-e-Jhangvi On 4 July 2003, 53 Hazara Shias were killed and at least 65 others were injured when a mosque was attacked during the Friday prayer in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.AFP, Quetta http://www.thedailystar.net/2003/07/05/d3070501011.htm The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 39 Thedailystar.net 2003-07-05 2012-05-03 When hundreds of worshipers were offering Friday prayer, three armed men entered the Asna Ashari Hazara Imambargah and started shooting and throwing hand grenades and one suicide bomber blew himself up - which left 53 dead and scores injured. It was the latest of several major sectarian attack targeting the Hazaras in Quetta, coming less than a month after the massacre of Hazara police cadets on June 8, 2003.June 8, 2003 Police massacre in Pakistan http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2973288.stm September 20, 2011 BBC News Bombing On 4 July 2003, hundreds of worshippers were offering Friday prayer at the Asna Ashri Hazara Imambargah Kalan mosque when five men armed with automatic weaponshttps://www.outlookindia.com/making-a-difference/sectarian-terror-in-quetta-news-220701 Sectarian Terror In Quetta 2019-06-19 entered the mosque and fired on worshippers for ten continuous minutes and tried to throw a grenade, but it exploded in an attacker's hand. Worshippers disarmed one of the attackers and killed a third one. The other two attackers ran away from the roof. This attack left more 65 dead and tens of others injured.http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,463128,00.html A Prayer Before Dying McGirk Tim 2003-07-07 Time 2019-06-19 en-US 0040-781X Perpetrators Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), a banned terrorist group, was responsible for the attack on the mosque. After investigations, intelligence agencies found a video compact disc in which two people are shown who claimed their people attacked the mosque and they were going to meet them in paradise.https://dailytimes.com.pk/ Daily Times Daily Times en-US 2019-06-19 Response Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan at the time, cut short his 18-day trip to America and Europe. He was in a news conference in Paris when he heard the news.http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?220701 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923172921/http://www.outlookindia.com/article/sectarian-terror-in-quetta/220701 dead 23 September 2015 Sectarian Terror in Quettahttp://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,463128,00.html Pakistan: Tension over sectarian bombing - TIME 20 January 2011 20 July 2021 17 September 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120917005113/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,463128,00.html dead On his return to Islamabad, he said: Whether they are religious extremists or sectarian extremists they are ignorant and wild. In response, police in Quetta arrested around 19 culprits who were found to be involved in the attack.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/jul/07/pakistan 19 arrested after attack on mosque 7 July 2003 The Guardian See also Persecution of Hazara people Quetta attacks 2004 Quetta Ashura massacre 2011 Mastung bus shooting September 2010 Quetta bombing 2011 Hazara Town shooting 2019 Ghotki riots List of massacres in Pakistan References Category:2003 murders in Pakistan Category:2003 mass shootings in Asia 2003 mosque bombing Category:21st-century mass murders in Pakistan 2003 mosque bombing Category:Mosque bombings in Pakistan Category:Attacks on Shia mosques in Pakistan Category:Mosque bombings by Islamists Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2003 Category:July 2003 crimes in Asia Category:July 2003 in Pakistan Category:Lashkar-e-Jhangvi attacks Category:2003 mass murders 2003 mosque bombing Category:Mass shootings in Pakistan Category:Mosque shootings in Asia Category:Persecution of Hazaras Category:Suicide bombings in 2003 2003 mosque bombing Category:Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2003 Category:Violence against Shia Muslims in Pakistan Category:2003 building bombings Category:Attacks on mosques in the 2000s Category:Mass shootings in religious buildings and structures