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Seven persons, including a lawyer, were killed and 20 others injured today when Taliban suicide bombers stormed a court in the country’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the latest terror attack in the country.
The attackers opened fire and threw grenades as they attempted to enter the sessions court premises in Tangi, prompting retaliatory fire by the security forces deployed there. Three attackers were killed in the police action.
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA), a faction of the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the attack.
One bomber was killed in the firing at the gate and the second was killed as he entered the court. The third bomber died when he detonated his explosives.
Pakistan: 5 dead, 12 injured in Charsadda terrorist attack
At least five people were killed and 12 others injured in three bomb blasts at a local court in Tangi bazaar of Charsadda district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province today. The banned Jamaat-ul-Ahraar has claimed the responsibility for the attack.
District Police Officer of Charsadda, Sohail Khalid said three attackers attempted to enter the court premises through the main gate and opened fire and also threw hand grenades, prompting retaliatory fire by police and security forces. He said, the security forces shot two of them dead, while one suicide bomber blew himself. The injured have been shifted to Civil Hospital Tangi.
Emergency has been declared in all hospitals of Charsadda and Peshawar. A similar attack in March, last year, killed at least 16 and injured more than 20 when a suicide bomber hit the gates of a local court building in Shabqadar district.