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After this, at least 12 people were killed and dozens of others were injured suicide bomber Explosives were detonated outside a district court in Pakistancapital on Tuesday, the country’s interior minister said.
explosionAccording to local reports, it was so powerful that it could be heard from miles away, it tore through an area filled with vehicles and visitors outside the district court, breaking windows and damaging several cars. There are also reports of at least 27 people being injured in the attack.
The blast occurred during one of the court’s busiest hours, when hundreds of people usually gather for hearings.
Home Minister Mohsin Naqvi told reporters on Tuesday that the attacker “tried to enter the court complex, but when he failed to do so, he targeted a police vehicle”.
No group has yet claimed responsibility, although Pakistan has faced a new wave of terrorist violence in recent months, including attacks linked to the resurgent Pakistani Taliban.
“We are investigating what kind of explosion it was. It is not clear yet. We will be able to give more details once we get the report from our forensic team,” a local police spokesperson said earlier.
Local reports said that the explosion caused panic among the people present there and people started running for cover.
Local media broadcast disturbing scenes from the scene, showing bloodied victims lying near a damaged police van reutersHowever, it was unable to independently verify those images.
Authorities have cordoned off the area and bomb disposal experts are examining the debris looking for evidence.
Security has reportedly been tightened around key government and judicial buildings in the capital.
In a separate incident, Pakistani security forces on Tuesday said they foiled a nighttime attempt by militants to attack the army-run cadet college in Wana near the Afghan border, where the attackers had reportedly planned to take students hostage.
According to the Associated Press, the attack began Monday evening when a suicide car bomber and five other Pakistani Taliban fighters targeted the facility.
According to the news agency report, two terrorists were killed early in the clash while three others were trapped inside an administrative block as troops, including army commandos, carried out the clearance operation, which continued on Tuesday.
The Pakistani Taliban (TTP), which has links to the Afghan Taliban, has denied any involvement in the attack.
In another incident, at least 16 members of Pakistan’s security forces were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack targeting a convoy in the restive north-western province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to an official.
Officials said the convoy, which included Pakistani Army and Frontier Corps personnel, was returning from Loni post in Dera Ismail Khan district when a roadside bomb exploded in Loni village late on Monday night.
Separately, the Pakistani military said security forces killed at least 20 Taliban militants in two operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday.
Meanwhile, investigation is underway islamabad Court explosions continue.