Dozens dead, 40 wounded in blast at Pakistan court: police
AFP
September 2, 2016 15:45 MYT
September 2, 2016 15:45 MYT
Pakistani police officials inspect the site of a suicide bomb attack at a district court in Mardan on September 2, 2016. - AFP Photo/A Majeed
At least ten people have been killed and 40 wounded after a suicide bomber attacked a district court in the Pakistani city of Mardan early Friday, police said, the latest assault targeting Pakistan's legal community.
The bomber threw hand grenades before detonating a suicide vest among the morning crowds at the court, senior police official Faisal Shehzad told AFP. "At least ten people were killed," he said, including two policemen.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, which comes three weeks after a massive suicide blast killed scores of lawyers in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, in Balochistan.
Pakistan's legal community are frequently the subject of targeted killings and small-scale attacks by militants, who are also known to hit soft targets such as schools.
Militants on Friday also launched an attack on a Christian colony in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial capital of Peshawar, 60 kilometres (37 miles) to the west of Mardan.