2018 Mastung and Bannu bombings

2018 Mastung and Bannu bombings
Part of War in North-West Pakistan
2018 Mastung and Bannu bombings is located in Pakistan
Mastung
Mastung
Bannu
Bannu
Location of incidents shown in the map of Pakistan
Location
Coordinates29°24′31″N 67°11′22″E / 29.4087°N 67.1894°E / 29.4087; 67.1894
Date13 July 2018
TargetNawabzada Siraj Raisani (Mastung)
Akram Khan Durrani (Bannu)
Attack type
Suicide bombing, IED
WeaponsExplosive belt, IED
Deaths154 total
Mastung: 149
Bannu: 5
Injured223 total
Mastung: 186
Bannu: 37
PerpetratorsMastung: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Bannu: Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen
AssailantsMastung: Abu Bakar al-Pakistani (as per ISIL)
Hafiz Nawaz (as per LEAs)
ParticipantMastung: 1 suicide bomber
MotiveDerailment 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]