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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Islamabad, November 11 (Xinhua) — At least 12 people were killed and 27 others injured in a suicide bombing near a judicial complex here on Tuesday afternoon, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi told local media.
M. Naqvi said at the scene that a suicide bomber detonated an explosive-laden vest in front of the judicial complex, which houses several district courts.
Police and rescue teams immediately rushed to the scene and took the bodies of the dead and injured to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences.
An Islamabad police spokesman told Xinhua that the death toll could rise as several injured people were in critical condition.
According to the preliminary investigation, the terrorist intended to enter the judicial complex, but decided not to undergo strict security checks and ended up attacking a police car.
After the explosion, several cars caught fire, some were damaged by the shock wave.
Police said body parts of the suicide bomber had been found at the scene and forensic experts had begun the process of identifying him.
The district administration evacuated the court complex, and security forces began a search operation in the area.
Lawyer Malik Khalid Khan, who was inside the court complex at the time of the blast, told Xinhua that the attack occurred during a break when many people had come out onto the street.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. However, security sources told Xinhua that the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an organization operating from Afghanistan, was likely behind the attack.
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