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August 2021 Quetta bombing
Location	Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
Date	9 August 2021 (9 August 2021)
Target	Police van
Deaths	2
Injured	22

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2011	Faisalabad 9th Peshawar 2nd Dera Ghazi Khan 4th Quetta 4th Charsadda 9th Karachi (PNS Mehran) 10th Peshawar 10th Dera Ismail Khan (police station) 4th Khyber 5th Quetta Karachi targeted killings ‡ 1st Mastung
2012	5th Khyber 1st Rahim Yar Khan 1st Kohistan Mansehra 13th Peshawar (airport) 11th Dera Ismail Khan
2013	8th Quetta/3rd Swat ‡ 9th Quetta 10th Karachi Election day Quaid-e-Azam residency 10th Quetta Mardan Nanga Parbat 11th Quetta/17th Peshawar 14th Lahore 5th Parachinar 12th Dera Ismail Khan (prison attack) 11th Karachi 12th Quetta 13th Quetta 18th Peshawar ‡ 19th Peshawar
2014	12th Karachi (Chaudhry Aslam assassination) 1st Bannu 2nd Mastung 20th Peshawar 13th Karachi (Jinnah International Airport) 14th Quetta Wagah border 21st Peshawar (school massacre) ‡
2015	Shikarpur 22nd Peshawar 15th Lahore 14th Karachi 3rd Mastung Attock Camp Badaber Taunsa Sharif 15th Quetta Jacobabad 6th Parachinar
2016	16th Quetta 5th Charsadda (Bacha Khan University) 23rd Peshawar 16th Lahore 17th Quetta 3rd Mohmand 18th Quetta 2nd Khuzdar
2017	13th Dera Ismail Khan 7th Parachinar 17th Lahore 24th Peshawar Sehwan 6th Charsadda 8th Parachinar 18th Lahore 25th Peshawar 4th Mastung 19th Quetta/9th Parachinar Chaman 19th Lahore 20th Lahore 4th Bajaur 20th Quetta 1st Harnai 14th Dera Ismail Khan (Ataullah Shah) Jhal Magsi 27th Peshawar 21st Quetta
2018	28th Peshawar 5th Mastung/2nd Bannu ‡ 15th Dera Ismail Khan 2018 election violence 22nd Quetta 2nd Orakzai 15th Karachi (Chinese consulate)
2019	1st Loralai 2nd Loralai/Panjgur 23rd Quetta 20th Lahore 1st Gwadar
2020	24th Quetta 25th Quetta 16th Karachi (Stock Exchange)
2021	2021 Machh attack 3rd Chaman 26th Quetta (Serena Hotel) 21st Lahore 17th Karachi 27th Quetta 28th Quetta
2022	22nd Lahore 1st Kech Panjgur and Naushki 29th Quetta Sibi 29th Peshawar Sangan 18th Karachi 19th Karachi 1st Miranshah 4th Swat 2nd Lakki Marwat 30th Quetta 2nd Miranshah 3rd Bannu 7th Islamabad
2023	31st Peshawar 20th Karachi Barkhan Bolan Havelian 3rd Lakki Marwat 8th Khyber 31st Quetta Muslim Bagh 32nd Peshawar Zhob 1st N Waziristan Bara Khar 2nd N Waziristan 6th Mastung Hangu 16th Dera Ismail Khan 2nd Gwadar Mianwali Chilas Daraban
2024	2024 Balochistan BLA Gwadar attack Shangla Lakki Marwat 32nd Quetta Kurram

On August 9, 2021, two bomb blasts in Quetta killed two policemen and injured 21 others, including eight policemen.

The bombing

One of the blasts took place near the Serena Hotel at Unity Chowk. The second blast was caused by a grenade attack on Sariab Road.

The first blast near the Serena Hotel was due to an explosive device planted on a motorcycle and a police van was targeted in a key security area. The blast killed at least two policemen.

Of the 21 people wounded in the attack, 9 were innocent civilians who were walking in the area. The attack caused the police van to burst into flames, which were contained by firefighters.

The injured were shifted to Civil Hospital Quetta.

The second blast occurred in the second hour of the first near the wheelbarrow at the Sada Bihar bus terminal on Sariab Road, where Krishna Kumar were being sold the Pakistani flags to celebrate the upcoming Independence Day. A grenade attack in the area injured one person.

Deputy Inspector General of Quetta police said that they were made aware of the threat and put the police on high alert.

The responsibility for the attack was claimed by the Balochistan Liberation Army, a militant organization that seeks separation from the state.

Claim of responsibility

No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.

References

"2 policeman martyred, 12 injured in blast near Quetta's Serena Hotel". 8 August 2021.
^ Shahid, Saleem (2021-08-09). "Two police martyred in Quetta bike bomb blast". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
"Two policemen martyred in blast near Quetta's Zarghoon Road". thenews.com.pk. August 9, 2021. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
"Two policemen martyred, 21 injured in Quetta bombings". geo.tv. August 8, 2021. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
"کوئٹہ میں دو گھنٹوں میں دوسرا دھماکہ". 8 August 2021.
Yousafzai, Gul (2021-08-20). "Two killed in suicide bombing targeting Chinese nationals in Pakistan". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-03-06.

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The bombing

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