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'Suicide bombers killed' after targeting Pakistan court | 'Suicide bombers killed' after targeting Pakistan court |
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At least four people have 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. | 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. | Explosions and gunfire could be heard. |
The Pakistani Taliban group Jamaat-ur-Ahrar says it carried out the attack, the latest in a number of bombings to hit the country in recent days. | |
Spokesman Asad Mansoor said fighting was still continuing in the court, Reuters news agency reports. | |
The suicide attackers reportedly threw hand grenades and opened fire as they tried enter the court premises. | |
One bomber blew himself up and the others were killed, although one report said one attacker was still alive and on the loose inside the court complex. | |
At least one lawyer is reported to be among four dead. A witness told Reuters he had seen "many" dead bodies. | |
"I escaped towards the canteen and climbed the wall to save my life," said local resident Mohammad Shah Baz. "But there were many people dead and injured". | |
Pakistan has been hit by a wave of suicide bomb attacks claimed by various Islamist militant groups in recent days. | |
At least 80 people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a shrine in the southern town of Sehwan last week in an attack claimed by the so-called Islamic State (IS). | |
In response, Pakistan launched a security crackdown - which included closing border crossings with Afghanistan - and claims it killed 100 militants. |