Coordinated attacks on 28 May 2010 against two Ahmadi mosques in Lahore, Pakistan, Bait-ul-Noor in Model Town and Darul Zikr in Garhi Shahu, using guns, grenades and suicide bombers during Friday prayers. Ninety-four worshippers were killed and more than one hundred injured. The Punjabi Taliban, a Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan affiliated network, claimed responsibility.
Facts
Status
Official RecognitionNot formally recognized by any body 1 A single documented terrorist attack rather than a state campaign; not classified by any international body under the genocide or crimes-against-humanity vocabulary, which is reserved for sustained persecution. Recognition BasisNo international body has classified the attack as genocide or crimes against humanity. Domestically, Human Rights Watch documented in 2012, two years after the attack, that the two attackers captured at the scene had still not been brought to trial, stating plainly that the government "seldom brings charges against perpetrators of anti-Ahmadi violence and discrimination." On 17 January 2015 an Anti-Terrorism Court in Lahore convicted two Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan members, Abdullah and Moavia, sentencing both to death on multiple counts for the attack, the first judicial accounting reached in the case. 2 Consequences
Death TollHuman Rights Watch's own contemporary reporting; other outlets reported figures from 93 to 98 in the days immediately following as the toll from the wounded rose, which is the ordinary pattern for a developing mass-casualty count rather than a genuine scholarly disagreement. Death TollCompletes the range already named for this attack's death toll: contemporary reporting in the days after the 28 May 2010 attack gave figures from 93 to 98 as the toll from the wounded rose, the ordinary pattern for a developing mass-casualty count rather than a genuine scholarly disagreement. The Event
When It Happened Victim GroupAhmadi Muslim worshippers at two Lahore mosques 1 Perpetrator RegimeThe Punjabi Taliban, a network affiliated with Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan 1 Connections
Conducted By
Claimed by the Punjabi Taliban, a Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan affiliated network, per Human Rights Watch's own contemporary reporting.
Source Human Rights Watch, "Pakistan: Massacre of Minority Ahmadis" (2010)Human Rights Watch
Originated In
Source 2010 attack on Ahmadiyya mosques (Wikipedia)
Persecuted Group
Source Human Rights Watch, "Pakistan: Massacre of Minority Ahmadis" (2010)Human Rights Watch
Sources
1. Human Rights Watch, "Pakistan: Massacre of Minority Ahmadis" (2010)
Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch, 2010News release, June 1, 2010Quote, News release, June 1, 2010
On May 28, 2010, extremist Islamist militants attacked two Ahmadiyya mosques in the central Pakistani city of Lahore with guns, grenades, and suicide bombs, killing 94 people and injuring well over a hundred.
2. Dawn, "Death sentences for TTP men behind 2010 Ahmadi attack" (2015)
Dawn, Dawn (dawn.com), 2015News article on the 2015 sentencingQuote, News article on the 2015 sentencing
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Saturday sentenced to death two Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) men, Moavia and Abdullah, for the deadly attack on an Ahmadi place of worship in 2010.
Human Rights Watch, "Pakistan: Prosecute Ahmadi Massacre Suspects" (2012)
Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch, 2012News release, May 27, 2012Quote, News release, May 27, 2012
Pakistan's federal and provincial governments should bring to justice those responsible for the May 2010 attacks on Ahmadiyya mosques that killed 94 worshipers
Persecution of Ahmadis (Wikipedia)
In Group: Persecution of Ahmadi Muslims, body section: 2010 Lahore mosque attacks on Ahmadi communityView the Source 2010 attack on Ahmadiyya mosques (Wikipedia)
Originated In: Pakistan, Lead sectionQuote, Originated In: Pakistan, Lead section
The May 2010 Lahore attacks, also referred to as the Lahore massacre, occurred on 28 May 2010, in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, during Friday prayers.
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