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SLA attacks on Pakistan
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Bomb attacks of Sindhudesh Liberation Army on Pakistan infrastructure like gas pipelines,[1] railway-tracks,[2] branches of national Banks.,[3] polls of high transmission lines [4] in Sindh have occurred since 2003.[5] Sindhudesh Liberation Army an outfit of Sindhi nationalists claims responsibilities of these attacks.[6][7]

Overview

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Reasons behind attacks

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Participating groups

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See also: Sindhudesh Liberation Army

All the separatist groups of Sindhi nationalists like JSMM, JSQM and others believes in political struggles. only one separatist outfit of Sindhi nationalists, Sindhudesh liberation Army believes in armed struggle for inception of Sindhudesh. SLA is only an organisation in Sindh that claims these attacks.[8][7]

History

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2016

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  • A vehicle of Chinese engineer targeted with remote control bomb at Gulshan-e-Hadeed Karachi. Chinese national and his driver were seriously injured.[9]

2013

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  • November 5: A bomb planted near a railway track near Hussainabad in Hyderabad destroyed a portion of up-track.[10] A second bomb went off in Khairpur District after the departure of the Shalimar Express to Karachi via the Gambat railway station.[11]
  • July 12: Two powerful blasts rocked Hyderabad, one at the boundary wall of the office of Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Hyderabad and the other at a railway track in Hussainabad. Both the explosions were heard far and wide.[12]

2012

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  • 26 May 2012 – On the National Highway a group of unknown gunmen attacked and killed 7 people and at least 25 more were injured in a passenger bus. SLA claimed the attack.[8]

2011

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  • November 27: Six bomb blasts damage railway tracks in Sindh.[13]
  • April 29: Blast forces train off the tracks in Sukkur.[14]
  • February 17: Twin blasts damage railway tracks in Karachi.[15]
  • February 15: Twin blasts damage railway tracks near Matiari.[16]
  • February 12: Blast at rail track near Kotri station [17]
  • February 11: Ten low-intensity explosions at railway tracks across Sindh.[18]

2009–10

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  • 2010
  • 6 November – Two (JSMM) activists were arrested after being suspected masterminds of the bomb incidents in begin November.[19]
  • November 4: A low-intensity bomb exploded at railway tracks near Nawabshah, just minutes after a cargo train carrying oil had passed. Another bomb was defused by the bomb disposal squad.[20]
  • November 2: 4 bombs go off, destroying railway tracks in Hyderabad.[21]
  • November 1: Two bomb blast at Railway Track between Kotri & Hyderabad.[22]
  • July 15: 3 feet of railway tracks destroyed in blast.[23]
  • July 14: Sindhi separatists try to blow up Hyderabad railway track, Bomb Disposal Squad defused four bombs found by residents on the track of the Odero Lal Railway Station in Hyderabad.[24]
  • 2009

2002–06

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From 2002 to 2006 there have been 120 bomb blasts in Sindh alone. CID solved 52 cases and 68 are still a mystery. The edition of 2006 Red Book, a confidential document, was printed. The total number of names in the book is 42, including JSMM chairman Shafi Muhammad Burfat alias Commando alias Ghulam Hussain Chandio. name of JSMM was included after several bomb blasts in the interior of Sindh, targeting railway tracks and sensitive government installations.[25]

  • 2005

Two electricity pylons of 500kv high transmission line were damaged near the Sann railway station.[4]

  • 2004

On 16 August Two bombs exploded on the line minutes after it had passed near Nawabshah, 250 km (150 miles) north-east of Karachi. The first explosion damaged track, while the second a few minutes later wounded two policemen and a journalist who were at the scene.[26]

  • 2003

Two separate acts of sabotage, portions of railway tracks were destroyed when bombs exploded on up and down tracks in Kotri and Nawabshah.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Gas pipeline bombed in Umerkot". Pakistan Today. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  2. ^ "14 bombs damage rail tracks". The Nation (Pakistan). 26 February 2012. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  3. ^ "Bombs target ATMs, bank branches across Sindh". Tribune. May 2012. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Bomb blasts near Sann station damage pylons". Daily Dawn. 13 June 2005. Retrieved June 13, 2005.
  5. ^ a b "Two bomb blasts damage rail track". Daily Dawn. 17 August 2003. Retrieved August 17, 2003.
  6. ^ "7 killed in bus attack Sindhu Desh Liberation Army claims responsibility". The Pak Observer. Archived from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  7. ^ a b "JSMM observes protest: Two die, six hurt in cracker blasts, firing". Daily Dawn. 30 April 2013. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  8. ^ a b "7 killed in bus attack Sindhu Desh Liberation Army claims responsibility". Pakistan Observer. 26 May 2012. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  9. ^ "Warnings were out about SDLA plan to attack Chinese nationals". Central Asia Online. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  10. ^ "Pak Business Express narrowly escapes railway track bomb blast in Hyderabad". The Express Tribune. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-05.
  11. ^ "Pakistan railway track resumes traffic after blasts in sindh". Central Asia Online. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  12. ^ Khan, Mohammad Hussain (12 July 2013). "Two blasts hit Hyderabad". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 2019-11-28.
  13. ^ "Pakistan railway track resumes traffic after blasts in sindh". The News Tribe. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
  14. ^ "Railway bomb: Blast forces train off the tracks". The Express Tribune. 28 April 2011. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
  15. ^ "Twin blasts damage railway tracks in Karachi". The Express Tribune. 17 February 2011. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
  16. ^ "Blasts damage railway track in Matiari". Daily Dawn. 15 February 2011. Retrieved February 15, 2011.
  17. ^ "Blast at rail track near Kotri station". Geo News. Archived from the original on February 15, 2011. Retrieved February 12, 2011.
  18. ^ "10 low-intensity explosions at railway tracks across Sindh". The Express Tribune. 12 February 2011. Retrieved February 12, 2011.
  19. ^ "2 alleged masterminds arrested". The Express Tribune. 6 November 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  20. ^ "Blast damages rail tracks for third day running". The Express Tribune. 3 November 2010. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
  21. ^ "4 bombs go off, destroying railway tracks in Hyderabad". The Express Tribune. November 2010. Retrieved November 2, 2010.
  22. ^ "4 injured in two blasts around railway track in Hyderabad". The Nation (Pakistan). 1 November 2010. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
  23. ^ "3 feet of railway tracks destroyed in blast". The Express Tribune. 14 July 2010. Retrieved July 15, 2010.
  24. ^ "Sindhi separatists try to blow up Hyderabad railway track". The Express Tribune. 13 July 2010. Retrieved July 14, 2010.
  25. ^ "JSQM names put on most-wanted list for first time". Daily Times. Retrieved April 15, 2007.
  26. ^ "Late Pakistan train escapes bomb". BBC News. 25 August 2004. Retrieved August 25, 2004.
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