| 2018 Mastung and Bannu bombings | |
|---|---|
| Part of War in North-West Pakistan | |
  Mastung Bannu Location of incidents shown in the map of Pakistan | |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 29°24′31″N 67°11′22″E / 29.4087°N 67.1894°E |
| Date | 13 July 2018 |
| Target | Nawabzada Siraj Raisani (Mastung) Akram Khan Durrani (Bannu) |
Attack type | Suicide bombing, IED |
| Weapons | Explosive belt, IED |
| Deaths | 154 total Mastung: 149 Bannu: 5 |
| Injured | 223 total Mastung: 186 Bannu: 37 |
| Perpetrators | Mastung: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Bannu: Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen |
| Assailants | Mastung: Abu Bakar al-Pakistani (as per ISIL) Hafiz Nawaz (as per LEAs) |
| Participant | Mastung: 1 suicide bomber |
| Motive | Derailment of 2018 Pakistani general election |
On 13 July 2018, ahead of Pakistan's general election, two bombings took place at election rallies in Bannu and Mastung.
In Bannu, a remotely exploded bomb planted in a motorcycle left 5 people dead and 37 others wounded in an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister Akram Khan Durrani. Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen, an extremist organization, claimed responsibility for the attack.
In Mastung, a suicide bomber blew himself up during a rally for the Balochistan Awami Party's Siraj Raisani, the brother of former Balochistan chief minister Aslam Raisani. One of the deadliest terrorist attacks in Pakistani history, it killed 149 people and wounded 186 others. Siraj was taken to hospital in critical condition and died of injuries. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for the event and named the suicide bomber as Abu Bakar al-Pakistani, though authorities identified him as Hafeez Nawaz of Abbottabad.[1]