Deaths/Injuries due to violence – April 2014

Violence followed by death and injury continued unabated in the month of April 2014. Following tables gives a concise report of the deaths and injuries suffered by the people all over the country. One table also records the desecration of the Holy Quran and place of worship .The victims are specifically women and children and polio workers.

 

Attacks on Polio team workers

Dead = 1

Injured = 6

 

Date Source

Killed

Injured

City Method Affiliation Name of Victims
1-Apr-14 The News

1

0

Bannu Gunned down Polio team Fehmida Yasmin – Unidentified gunman shot dead a lady polio worker in Sukari Zabita Khan
17-Apr-14 Exp Tribune

0

1

Hangu Shot at Polio guard Muhammad Amil constable
17-Apr-14 Exp Tribune

0

0

Khyber Shot at Polio team Unidentified gunmen opened fire at a polio team in Ghareza area of Jamrud, Khyber Agency. Fortunately, no human loss occurred.
26-Apr-14 Dawn

0

1

Rawalpindi Hit at Polio team Imrana Shaheen was hit and injured by two men riding a motorcycle in the Dhoke Matkal area of the city on Thursday
29-Apr-14 Exp Tribune

0

4

Peshawar Hand grenade Polio team A lady health worker house was attacked in the early hours of Monday in Sro Kalay, Shabqadar, Dilshad, her brother Bilal and his wife Nazia, a polio health worker, All the residents were injured

Desecration of holy places/scriptures

 

Date Source City Province Location Sub-location Religion Name of Victims
2-Apr-14 Dawn Tando Allahyar Sindh Mansoor Colony unk Ahmadi Worship place Residents of various localities of Tando Allahyar city and activists of religious parties took to the streets against alleged desecration of the Holy Quran and attacked the home-cum-worship place of a man belonging to the Ahmedi community for his involvement in the alleged sacrilege. According to sources, 12-year-old Salman was coming from a seminary in Mansoor Colony, Tando Allahyar city, when he was intercepted by two men riding a motorbike and snatched the Quran from him and beat him up.

 

Females and children victims ´ April 2014

Dead Injured

Female = 10 10

Male children = 15 10

 

Date Source City Method

Women

Children

Name of Victims
1-Apr-14 The News Naseerabad Gunned down

1

A young boy Manzoor was killed in firing
1-Apr-14 The News Bannu Gunned down

1

Fehmida Yasmin – Unidentified gunman shot dead a lady polio worker in Sukari Zabita Khan
1-Apr-14 The News Karachi Dead body

1

20-year-old Samina Jameel was kidnapped, beaten up and then burnt alive
1-Apr-14 The News Karachi Gunned down

1

Saleem Bengali, 40-year-old and his wife Sultana
3-Apr-14 The News Quetta Indiscriminate Firing unk – two women injured
3-Apr-14 The News Karachi Gunned down Syed Zareen, Nine-year-old Attaullah is still being treated.
3-Apr-14 Dawn Nowshera Toy bomb

1

A 10-year-old boy was killed
4-Apr-14 The News Mansehra Toy bomb

1

Killed Najeebullah, 3 and injured Najeebullah brother Muhibullah, 10, Sajjad Ali, Niamatullah, 12, and Mohammad Ali, 9,
8-Apr-14 The News Bahawalpur Hand grenade

1

Killed 8-year-old Haris and injured three boys in the playground
10-Apr-14 Exp Tribune Peshawar Bomb

2

Two children were injured
10-Apr-14 Exp Tribune Peshawar Dead body

1

Body of a woman was found stuffed in a gunny bag
15-Apr-14 The News Kandhkot Rocket

2

1

A rocket was fired at the house of Mir Hassan, 50. Among the deceased were Mir Hassan wife, Azra, their seven-year-old son, Rustam, and their infant granddaughter, Soomri. Mir Hassan’s brother Moor Khan, and his daughter, Shamshad, were critically injured
15-Apr-14 The News Khuzdar Hand grenade Hand grenade was thrown at the house of district president of the PML-N Khuzdar Agha Shakeel Durrani, injuring a woman
16-Apr-14 The News Quetta Gunned down

1

Haji Gu, Sajid Ali, and a child Zakir sustained injuries.
16-Apr-14 The News Hyderabad Explosion

2

Scavenger Natthu, his son Vishnu and daughter Tulsi, were killed in an explosion
19-Apr-14 Exp Tribune Karachi shot at Shaan, his wife and their nephew Waqas were injured
21-Apr-14 Exp Tribune Mohmand IED Eight-year-old child was injured
22-Apr-14 The News Chaman IED Two persons, including a woman, were injured
22-Apr-14 Dawn Khuzdar Hand grenade Woman injured in a hand grenade attack at a house of district president of PML-N, Agha Shakeel,
24-Apr-14 The News Karachi Dead body

1

Found a body of an unidentified woman appearing to be in her mid-30s
24-Apr-14 Exp Tribune Karachi Gunned down

1

10-year-old boy, Jamil died
25-Apr-14 The News Khyber Air Raid

2

1

A tribesman Said Hakim family, including his son, daughter and wife, were among the dead.
26-Apr-14 The News Peshawar Encounter A woman and a man were injured
26-Apr-14 Dawn Rawalpindi Hit at Imrana Shaheen was hit and injured by two men riding a motorcycle in the Dhoke Matkal area of the city
28-Apr-14 The News Mardan Gunned down

3

Abdullah, his sons Waqas, Saeed and Minjawar
29-Apr-14 The News Peshawar Bomb 300 grams of explosives planted near the house of Nisar,, the owner of the famous ‘Charsi Tikka Sheesh Mahal’ A child was slightly injured
29-Apr-14 The News Karachi Hand grenade

3

Suleman and Umer, both 10 years old, and 13-year-old Zahid were killed
29-Apr-14 Exp Tribune Peshawar Hand grenade A lady health worker house was attacked in the early hours of Monday in Sro Kalay, Shabqadar, Dilshad, his brother Bilal and his wife Nazia, a polio health worker, All the residents were injured
30-Apr-14 The News Karachi Resistance

1

Taha Aziz 17, was shot dead by robbers
30-Apr-14 The News Karachi Dead body

1

Amber, 18 found dead.

 

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