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606 dead, over 1,000 hurt in 41 suicide attacks in Pakistan
Monday January 02, 2012 08:25:43 AM,
IANS
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Islamabad: At least 606
people were killed and over 1,000 injured in 41 attacks carried
out by 51 suicide bombers in Pakistan in 2011, an official report
said Sunday.
The report issued by the Conflict Monitoring Centre (CMC) said
that among those killed in such attacks, 358 people (or 59
percent) were innocent civilians. The number of innocent people
injured in those attacks accounted for 85 percent -- or 856 people
out of the total 1,002.
The army lost 33 soldiers while 100 personnel of the paramilitary
Frontier Constabulary, and 54 policemen lost their lives in the
suicide attacks, Xinhua reported.
In some strikes, more than one suicide bomber was used, said the
Islamabad-based centre.
Among those injured were 44 armymen, 31 Frontier Constabulary
personnel and 71 policemen.
The northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province saw the highest number
of suicide attacks and deaths, the report said.
The highest number of suicide attacks in a single month was in
March when militants carried out six attacks, killing 92 people.
The "deadliest month" of the year was May when 144 people died in
four suicide attacks.
The report, however, said that in 2011 the number of deaths in
suicide attacks declined by 48 percent compared to the previous
year.
Comparing the situation with Afghanistan, the report said the
number of suicide attacks in Afghanistan was 2.5 times higher than
in Pakistan in 2011.
There were 102 suicide attacks in Afghanistan in which 675 people
were killed.
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