March 2013 Karachi bombing

{{Short description|Terrorist attack in Karachi, Pakistan}}

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{{infobox terrorist attack

| title = March 2013 Karachi bombing

| location = Abbas Town, Karachi, Pakistan

| date = {{start date|2013|03|03|df=y}}

| type = Car bombings

| target = Shi'ite Muslims

| fatalities = 48{{Cite news |last=Boone |first=Jon |date=2013-03-04 |title=Karachi bomb is unlikely to prompt decisive action against militants |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/mar/04/karachi-bomb-action-stop-militants |access-date=2024-04-19 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

| injuries = 200{{Cite news |last=Boone |first=Jon |date=2013-03-04 |title=Karachi bomb is unlikely to prompt decisive action against militants |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/mar/04/karachi-bomb-action-stop-militants |access-date=2024-04-19 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=3 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803182229/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/mar/04/karachi-bomb-action-stop-militants |url-status=live }}

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The March 2013 Karachi bombing was a terrorist attack that struck a predominantly Shia area inside Abbas Town, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town in Karachi, Pakistan on 3 March 2013. At least 48+ people were killed and more than 180+ others injured after a car bomb was detonated outside a Shia mosque, just as locals were leaving after the evening's services.{{cite news|title=Bomb at Shi'ite mosque kills 45 in Pakistan|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-violence-karachi-idUSBRE9220AY20130303|work=Reuters|access-date=4 March 2013|archive-date=10 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310210137/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-violence-karachi-idUSBRE9220AY20130303|url-status=live}} As rescuers gathered to the scene of the bombings, a second blast caused even more destruction. Authorities suspected the Sunni militant group Lashkar-e Jhangvi of being behind the attacks.{{cite web|author=Jason Ditz|url=http://news.antiwar.com/2013/03/03/48-killed-in-bombing-on-shiite-neighborhood-in-pakistans-karachi/|title=48 Killed in Bombing on Shi'ite Neighborhood in Pakistan's Karachi|publisher=Antiwar.com|date=3 March 2013|access-date=4 March 2013|archive-date=3 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803182234/https://news.antiwar.com/2013/03/03/48-killed-in-bombing-on-shiite-neighborhood-in-pakistans-karachi/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Pakistan Karachi bomb blast kills at least 25|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21649412|access-date=3 March 2013|publisher=BBC|date=3 March 2013|archive-date=3 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303165934/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21649412|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=37 dead, dozens injured in Karachi blast|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-90613-Blast-reported-in-Karachi|access-date=3 March 2013|newspaper=The News International|date=3 March 2013|archive-date=6 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306060641/http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-90613-Blast-reported-in-Karachi|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=31 dead in twin blasts in Karachi|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/515201/blast-heard-in-karachi/|access-date=3 March 2013|newspaper=The Tribune|date=3 March 2013|archive-date=5 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130305231521/http://tribune.com.pk/story/515201/blast-heard-in-karachi/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://dawn.com/2013/03/03/loud-explosion-in-karachi/|title=Twin explosions rock Karachi|newspaper=Dawn|date=3 March 2013|access-date=10 March 2013|archive-date=6 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306035143/http://dawn.com/2013/03/03/loud-explosion-in-karachi/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.geo.tv/GeoDetail.aspx?ID=90613|title=Karachi: 40 dead, dozens hurt in Abbas Town blast|publisher=Geo TV|date=3 March 2013|access-date=10 March 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306130026/http://www.geo.tv/GeoDetail.aspx?ID=90613|archive-date=6 March 2013}}{{cite news|url=http://dunyanews.tv/index.php/en/Pakistan/162397-37-killed-over-100-hurt-in-Karachi-blast-|title=Pakistan:-48 killed, over 200 injured in Karachi blast|publisher=Dunya News|date=4 March 2013|access-date=10 March 2013|archive-date=3 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803182236/https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/162397-37-killed-over-100-hurt-in-Karachi-blast-|url-status=live}}

This was the first major incident within the city since a wave of target killings left more than 300 dead in the summer of 2011.