At least 13 persons were killed and several others injured, some of them seriously, in two suicide bomb attacks in Peshawar today. Five Suicide bombers were also killed in the attacks.
Government spokesman Mushtaq Ghani said, a suicide bomber threw a grenade at the entrance of the District Court in the town of Mardan before detonating his vest. He said that lawyers, policemen and passers-by were among the people killed in the attack.
In the pre-dawn attack in the same province early today, terrorist struck a Christian colony killing a Security Guard and injuring Five others including police personnel.
Police said two of the attackers detonated their suicide jackets while two others were killed by security forces. The Jamaatul Ahrar(JA) claimed responsibility for the attacks.