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Twin Blasts At Court In Pak; 13 Dead
Updated : Sep 2, 2016
According to reports a suicide bomber has attacked a court in the northern Pakistani city of Mardan, killing at least 13 people and injuring more than 50 according to official sources. Senior police official said that the bomber shot his way through the main gate leading to the district court, before throwing a hand grenade and detonating his suicide vest among the morning crowds. Also on Friday, four suicide bombers targeted a Christian neighborhood near Peshawar before being shot dead. Both attacks took place in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and were claimed by Taliban faction Jamaat-ul-Ahrar. There will be three days of mourning, during which time the courts will be shut said officials. Amir Hussain, president of the Mardan Bar Association, said he was in a room nearby when the bomb detonated. "There was dust everywhere, and people were crying loud with pain," he said. His suit drenched in blood, he added: "I started picking up the wounded and putting them in cars to take them to hospital. I did not know if the people I was rescuing were dead or alive."