2016 Quetta police training college attack

Quetta police training college attack
Location	Balochistan Police College, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
Date	24 October 2016
Target	Police training centre
Attack type	Mass shooting, suicide bombing, hostage-taking
Deaths	62
Injured	165+
Perpetrators	Islamic State – Khorasan Province Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
No. of participants	3

On 24 October 2016, three heavily armed terrorists carried out an attack on the Balochistan police training college in Quetta, Pakistan, killing 61 cadets and injuring more than 165 others.^[1][2][3] The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province claimed responsibility for the attack,^[4] and Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed to have collaborated with them.^[5] According to Pakistani authorities, the assailants came from Afghanistan and were in contact with their handlers there while perpetrating the attack.^[6]