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'Suicide bombers killed' after targeting Pakistan court | |
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At least one lawyer has been killed and several others wounded in an attack on a courthouse in north-west Pakistan, officials say. | |
Three suicide bombers were killed after they tried to enter the court in the Tangi area of Charsadda district, local media quote officials as saying. | |
Explosions and gunfire could be heard. | |
Pakistan has been hit by a series of suicide bomb attacks claimed by militant groups in recent days, claiming more than 100 lives. | |
At least 80 people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a shrine in the southern town of Sehwan in an attack claimed by the so-called Islamic State (IS). | |
In response, Pakistan launched a security crackdown and claims it killed 100 militants. |