Suicide blast in Pakistan court kills 3, several hurt
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March 19, 2013, Tuesday
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A pair of suicide bombers attacked a court complex in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar yesterday, killing at least three people and wounding over two dozen.
The militants attacked the back of the compound and were confronted by three police guards, said police officer Masood Afridi. The militants shot and wounded the policemen, but not before one of the guards was able to gun down one of the suicide bombers.
The other bomber managed to enter the courtroom of a female judge and detonated his explosives, said Afridi.
Three people were killed and 30 wounded in the attack, he said.
The female judge was among the wounded, police said.
The attackers may have been trying to free militant colleagues jailed on the premises of the compound, said Mian Iftikhar Hussain, the information minister for surrounding Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Local TV footage showed people running for safety, including wounded people being assisted by others. They included a pair of policemen, a lawyer and other civilians, including one man whose clothes had been torn to shreds.
Police commandos and army soldiers rushed toward the complex, as the wounded were shifted to stretchers and taken to the hospital.
In Karachi, paramilitary forces arrested a militant leader who was involved in the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002, police said.
The militants attacked the back of the compound and were confronted by three police guards, said police officer Masood Afridi. The militants shot and wounded the policemen, but not before one of the guards was able to gun down one of the suicide bombers.
The other bomber managed to enter the courtroom of a female judge and detonated his explosives, said Afridi.
Three people were killed and 30 wounded in the attack, he said.
The female judge was among the wounded, police said.
The attackers may have been trying to free militant colleagues jailed on the premises of the compound, said Mian Iftikhar Hussain, the information minister for surrounding Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Local TV footage showed people running for safety, including wounded people being assisted by others. They included a pair of policemen, a lawyer and other civilians, including one man whose clothes had been torn to shreds.
Police commandos and army soldiers rushed toward the complex, as the wounded were shifted to stretchers and taken to the hospital.
In Karachi, paramilitary forces arrested a militant leader who was involved in the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002, police said.
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