Terror attacks increased 24% in April, shows report

ISLAMABAD: A 24% increase in the number of militant atacks was recorded in April as compared to March 2022, according to statistics released by Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS).

In April, militants carried out 34 atacks in which 55 people were killed, including 34 security forces personnel, 13 civilians and eight militants.

As many as 25 people were injured including 11 security personnel and 14 civilians.

The militants had carried out 26 atacks across the country in March 2022 in which 115 people were killed and 288 were injured.

Most of the atacks took place in erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) followed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan.

The PICSS recorded 16 militant atacks in erstwhile Fata in which 31 people were killed, including 21 security personnel, seven militants and three civilians, while 10 people were injured including six security personnel and four civilians.

In KP, militants carried out 10 atacks in which 17 people were killed, including 12 security personnel and five civilians, while six people got injured, of which three were civilians and three security personnel.

In Balochistan, four militant atacks let one security official and one civilian dead while five people were injured including one security official and four civilians.

In Sindh, four militant atacks took place in which four civilians and one militant was killed. The atacks in Karachi also included the suicide bombing of a Chinese teachers’ van at the University of Karachi. In Punjab, no militant atack took place during the month.

Meanwhile, security forces carried out 22 actions against militants in which 11 suspected militants were arrested and 27 others were killed. Most of the arrests took place in Punjab.

Earlier, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal has convened a meeting of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Security Group ater Eid holidays to review the security of the CPEC projects and the Chinese nationals.