Peshawar:
At least 10 people were killed and 30 others injured on Friday when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a court in Mardan district in Pakistan’s restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
The attacker detonated a hand grenade before exploding his suicide vest among the morning crowds at the court, the district police officer said.
Officials said that 10 people were killed, of which at least one was a police officer, local media reported.
The injured have been shifted to a nearby hospital. An emergency has been declared at hospitals in the area.
The attack occurred hours after heavily-armed suicide attackers stormed a Christian colony in Peshawar, killing one person and wounding several others before the terrorists were gunned down by security forces.
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Pakistan: Suicide attack in Peshawar’s Christian colony; 4 terrorists, 1 civilian killed
Earlier in the day, at least one person and four terrorists were killed after five to six gunmen, wearing suicide jackets, attacked a Christian colony in Peshawar.
The firing reportedly began around 6 am when the terrorists attacked the colony, security sources told DawnNews.
In the exchange of fire between gunmen and security forces one civilian and two suspected terrorists were killed, the daily said.
