2018 Pakistani general election violence | |
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Date | July 2018 |
Location | Pakistan |
Resulted in | 31 people being killed with over 35 injured |
Casualties | |
Death(s) | 31 |
Injuries | Over 35 |
Arrested | 7 |
Several violent incidents happened before and on the day of the 2018 Pakistani general election, held on 25 July 2018.
The first violent incident on election day occurred early in the morning in Larkana on Pakistan Peoples Party camp in which at least three people were injured in a grenade attack. The second incident occurred in Swabi District when a gun fight broke out between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Awami National Party (ANP) agents in which the PTI agent was shot dead. Later in the day, two attacks occurred in the Balochistan province. The first was in the capital Quetta, in which 31 people were killed and several more were injured. Then two people were injured in Nasirabad District. In Sindh, there were several violent clashes between members of Pakistan Peoples Party and Grand Democratic Alliance leaving many severely injured.