Baitullah Mehsud’s Crimes

Following is a timeline of major attacks carried out in different cities of Pakistan and claimed by Baitullah Mehsud’s Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Feb 5 - At least 24 people are killed in a suspected suicide bombing near Shia mosque in Dera Ghazi Khan.
Feb 20 - Suicide bomber kills 27 people and wounds 65 in an attack on a funeral procession for a Shia Muslim killed a day earlier in Dera Ismail Khan.
Mar 3 - Gunmen attack a bus carrying Sri Lanka’s cricket team outside a Lahore stadium, killing seven people, including six policemen and a driver, and wounding six of the cricketers and a British coach.
Mar 27 - A suicide bomber kills 37 people when he blows himself up in a crowded mosque near the Afghan border. Among the dead are 14 policemen and paramilitary soldiers.
Mar 30 - Militants armed with guns and grenades storm a police training centre in Lahore killing eight recruits, wounding scores and holding off police and troops for eight hours. The attack is claimed by Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud. Four militants are killed and three arrested.
Apr 5 - A suicide bomber blows himself up in a religious centre for minority Shia Muslims in Chakwal. At least 17 people are killed and about 11 seriously wounded. The attack comes a day after a suicide attack in Islamabad killed eight paramilitary soldiers.
Apr 15 - A suicide car-bomber blows himself up at a security post in the northwest, killing nine policemen and three civilians.
Apr 18 - A suicide car-bomber rams a military convoy, killing 25 soldiers and police and two passers-by near Kohat.
Apr 25 - Twelve children who mistake a bomb for a toy are killed when it explodes as they play with it in the Low Dir. Authorities say it is unclear whether the incident is an “act of terrorism” or an accident.
May 11 - Ten people are killed and more than a dozen wounded in a suicide car bomb attack on a security check post near Peshawar.
May 16 - Car packed with mortar bombs blows up in Peshawar, killing 11 people, including four children passing in a school bus.
May 27 - Gunmen attack ISI regional office in Lahore, setting off a car-bomb that killed at least 24 people.
May 28 - Two bombs explode in a market in Peshawar, killing six people.
June 5 - A suicide bomber killed around 40 people at a mosque as US special envoy Richard Holbrooke consulted the country’s leaders on what needs to be done once the army eliminates the Taliban in Swat valley.
June 9 - Militants attack the Pearl Continental Hotel, which is popular with foreigners, in Peshawar with guns and a truck bomb killing five people including a UN worker.
2008
Sep 20 - Around 52 people are killed and more than 100 are wounded in suicide attack at Marriott Hotel in Islamabad.
Aug 21 - More than 70 people lose their lives while around 80 are injured in double suicide strike outside the main entrance of PAF Wah.
Mar 11 - At least 26 persons are killed with injuries to 175 others as suicide attackers target the provincial headquarters of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) building.
2007
Dec 27 - PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in an attack outside Liaquat Bagh in Rawalpindi. Around 20 others have also been killed with injuries to many others.
Oct 18 - The rally, with around a million people to welcome PPP leader Benazir Bhutto after her triumphant return back home, is attacked by two suicide bombers near Karsaz in Karachi. The deadly attack results in death of more than 150 people while around 200 are injured.