2003 Quetta mosque bombing

2003 Quetta mosque bombing
Map of Quetta
LocationQuetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
Date4 July 2003 (2003-07-04) (Pakistan Standard Time)
Attack type
Suicide bombing, mass shooting, grenade attack
WeaponsHand grenades, explosive belt, guns
Deaths53
Injuredat least 65
PerpetratorsLashkar-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.[1][2] 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.[1][2] It was the latest of several major sectarian attack in the series of killings of Hazaras in Quetta, coming less than a month after the massacre of Hazara police cadets on June 8, 2003.[3]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference G was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b AFP, Quetta (5 July 2003). "The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 39". Thedailystar.net. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Police massacre in Pakistan". BBC News. 8 June 2003. Retrieved 20 September 2011.