Pakistan: Major militant attacks in recent years

A look at deadly assaults on people and places in Pakistan over the last several years.

2009

Dec. 28: Bomb blast kills at least 44 at a Shiite procession in the southern city of Karachi.

Dec. 7: Two bombs kill 48 at a market in the eastern city of Lahore, while a suicide bomber kills 10 people outside a Peshawar courthouse.

Oct. 9: A suicide car bomber hits a busy market area in Peshawar, killing 53.

May 27: A suicide car bomber targets police and intelligence offices in the eastern city of Lahore, killing about 30 people.

March 27: A suicide bomber demolishes a packed mosque near the northwestern town of Jamrud, killing about 50.

March 3: Gunmen attack the Sri Lankan national cricket team in Lahore, wounding several of the players and killing six policemen and a driver.

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