{{Short description|2010 terrorist incident in Karachi, Pakistan}} {{Use British English|date=January 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox civilian attack | title = Pakistan CID building attack | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | map = | map_size = | map_alt = | map_caption = | date = 11 November 2010 | location = Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan | target = Criminal Investigation Department headquarters | coordinates = | time = | timezone = | type = Truck bombing, mass shooting, grenade attack | fatalities = 18 | injuries = 100 | victim = | perps = Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (suspected) | perp = | susperps = | susperp = | weapons = Truck bomb, guns, grenades | numparts = | numpart = | dfens = | dfen = | footage = }} {{Pakistan terrorist attacks|hide=yes}} The '''CID building attack''' was a gun, grenade and truck bomb attack in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan on 11 November 2010.<ref name='AFP'>{{cite news | first = Hasan | last = Mansoor | title = Car bomb hits police in Karachi, kills 18 | date = 11 November 2010 | url = https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jRWtvK3xtiiUPlAODA6GVUXYCbDQ?docId=CNG.7be67c6661b96ad558b4f87bfdc104e5.9b1 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130124185320/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jRWtvK3xtiiUPlAODA6GVUXYCbDQ?docId=CNG.7be67c6661b96ad558b4f87bfdc104e5.9b1 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 24 January 2013 | agency = Agence France-Presse | access-date = 2010-11-11}}</ref><ref name='BBC-Blast'>{{cite news | title = Karachi CID building hit by huge explosion | date = 11 November 2010 |publisher=BBC News | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11737402 | access-date = 2010-11-11}}</ref> Initial reports indicated the building housing Pakistan's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) had been badly damaged and a blast crater of 5 metres was discovered in close proximity.<ref name="AFP"/><ref name="BBC-Blast"/> At least 18 people were killed and 100 injured, though casualty figures were expected to rise.<ref name="AFP"/><ref name='Cnn-blast'>{{cite news | first = Rezah | last = Sayah | title = Blast rips police facility in Karachi; 15 dead, police say | date = 11 November 2010 | url = http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/11/11/pakistan.blast/?hpt=T1 | publisher = CNN International | access-date = 2010-11-11}}</ref> The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack through Azam Tariq, their spokesman.<ref name="Cnn-blast"/> However, the involvement of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi was also contested with interior minister Rehman Malik appearing sure of the possibility.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/76600/smart-money-on-the-ttp-but-lej-strongly-suspected/|title=Smart money on the TTP but LeJ strongly suspected|work=The Express Tribune|date=13 November 2010}}</ref>
== Attack == The attack was coordinated on the headquarters of (CID), which is responsible for anti-terrorism operations, in what is described as the city's "highest security zone" – metres away from the house of the provincial Chief Minister of Sindh and two five-star hotels.<ref name="ET">{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/76097/karachi-blast-an-audacious-reprisal/|title=Karachi blast: An audacious reprisal|author=Salman Siddiqui|work=The Express Tribune|date=12 November 2010}}</ref> According to Tariq, the attack was carried out in retaliation for the continued drone attacks in northwest Pakistan. Authorities reported that five to six people were seen throwing grenades and firing at the gate of the building, consequently killing the guards posted there; moments later, a vehicle packed with explosives made its way inside and exploded just metres away from the building, causing damage and destruction to nearby structures as well. Additionally, other witnesses reported that prior to the blast, a gunfight had taken place between heavily armed militants and security forces; a local resident remarked that this firing continued for 20 minutes before the explosion had occurred.<ref name="ET"/>
==See also== * List of terrorist incidents, 2010
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