Incident Summary:
10/07/2004: In the early morning hours, a car bomb exploded in the main square of the city of Multan, disrupting a gathering of 2000 Sunnis commemorating the one year-anniversary of the death of an extremist Sunni leader of the outlawed group Sipah-e-Sahaba. Forty-one were killed and over 100 were wounded.
Overview
GTD ID:
200410070001
When:
2004-10-07
Country:
Pakistan
Region:
South Asia
Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
Punjab
City:
Multan
What
Attack Information
Type of Attack () |
Bombing/Explosion |
Successful Attack? () |
Yes |
Target Information ()
Target Type: Private Citizens & Property |
Name of Entity |
Town Square in Pakistan |
Specific Description |
Rasheedabad Square in Multan |
Nationality of Target |
Pakistan |
Additional Information
Hostages |
No |
Property Damage |
Yes |
Extent of Property Damage |
Unknown |
Value of Property Damage |
Unknown |
How
Weapon Information
Type |
Sub-type |
Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite |
Vehicle |
Weapon Details |
The car used in the bombing was filled with 7 to 8 kilograms of explosives. |
Additional Information
Suicide Attack? | No |
Part of Multiple Incident? | No |
Criterion 1 () |
Yes |
Criterion 2 () |
Yes |
Criterion 3 () |
Yes |
Doubt Terrorism Proper () |
No |
Additional Information |
The people gathering were commemorating the one year anniversary of the death of the leader of the outlawed group Sipah-e-Sahaba, Amjad Farooqi, which renamed itself Millat-e-Islamia in 2002. The group was also called Lashkar Jhangvi, and was known to have ties with Al-Qaeda and the Afghan Taliban. Farooqi was wanted on charges for the murder of Daniel Pearl and for assassination attempts on the life of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. |
Who
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name |
Claimed Responsibility |
Sipah-I-Mohammed |
No |
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators |
Unknown |
Number of Captured Perpetrators |
0 |
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties |
41 Fatalities / 100 Injured |
Total Number of Fatalities |
41 |
Number of U.S. Fatalities |
0 |
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities |
0 |
Total Number of Injured |
100 |
Number of U.S. Injured |
0 |
Number of Perpetrators Injured |
0 |
Sources
Sources
“Car bomb kills 41 at Pakistani prayer vigil,” Agence France Presse, October 7, 2004. |
“38 confirmed killed, more than 100 injured in Pakistan blasts,” Deutsche Presse-Agentur, October 7, 2004. |
Tanveer, Khalid, “Two blasts kill 39 people in suspected sectarian attack in central Pakistan city,” The Associated Press, October 7, 2004. |