Target Shi'ite Muslims Non-fatal injuries 180 Location Karachi, Pakistan Locations Karachi, Abbas Town | Attack type Car bombings Date 3 March 2013 Total number of deaths 48 | |
Suspected perpetrators Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (Lashkar-e-Jhangvi), Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan Similar February 2010 Karachi b, Mian Channu school ho, April 2010 Kohat bombings, Taunsa Sharif bombing, 2012 Khyber Agency b | ||
The March 2013 Karachi bombing was a terrorist attack that struck a predominantly Shia area inside Abbas Town, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town in Karachi, Pakistan on 3 March 2013. At least 48 people were killed and more than 180 others injured after a car bomb was detonated outside a Shia mosque, just as locals were leaving after the evening's services. As rescuers gathered to the scene of the bombings, a second blast caused even more destruction. Authorities suspected the Sunni militant group Lashkar-e Jhangvi of being behind the attacks.
This was the first major incident within the city since a wave of target killings left more than 300 dead in the summer of 2011.
Arrest of suspects
Sindh police arrested three suspects involved in the blast, Shoaib Mehsud, Khalid Rehman Mehsud and Aurangzaib Mehsud. These are the members of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and arrested during the targeted operation in Manghopir on 13 March 2013.