At least 12 people were killed and 52 others injured as a suicide bomber attacked a court complex inPakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The incident took place at the Mardan District court on Friday while dozens of people had assembled there.
According to local media reports the attacker detonated a hand grenade before exploding himself at the main gate of the courts.
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“So far we recovered 12 bodies of the lawyers, police personnel and civilians. Besides this, we rescued 52 injured, including lawyers, police personnel and civilians from the spot,” Haris Habib, chief rescue officer in Mardan told Pakistani newspaper The Express Tribune.
The explosion at the court complex was the second in the same area-earlier in the day "there was a small blast followed by a big blast" Habib said.
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Jamaatul Ahrar, a splinter group of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, better known asPakistan Taliban, has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Earlier on Friday a Christian in colony in Peshawar near the Pak-Afghan border had come under attack.
At least four terrorists and one civilian were killed in the incident.
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According to reports, around five-six gunmen wearing suicide jackets entered the colony in the early hours. Before they could cause much damage, the Pakistan Army launched a counter operation killing the gunmen.
“There are four bodies of terrorists and they look like suicide bombers as some of them are in pieces. One Christian has been killed while two private security guards Khud Ali and Najeem and one police constable Sajjad have been wounded seriously,"The Express Tribune quoting a police officer reported.
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