Pakistan: 12 killed in suicide attack outside court in Islamabad

In Pakistan, a suicide bomber on Tuesday detonated his explosives near a police vehicle outside a court in Islamabad, killing at least 12 people and wounding 27 others, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said. Naqvi, who visited the site of the blast, said the attacker wanted to enter the court complex, but on failure, he detonated his explosives near a police vehicle at the gate of the building in the G-11 area of the capital at 12.39 pm (local time).Police in Islamabad have told reporters that the courthouse in the capital was crowded when the explosion took place, which led to casualties. The wounded were taken to PIMS Hospital. Security forces have cordoned off the area and launched an investigation into the cause of the blast.

Islamabad: A car bomb explosion outside the High Court killed at least 12 people and injured several others on Tuesday afternoon pic.twitter.com/jDmxw02L6L

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The blast in Islamabad comes just hours after Pakistani security forces foiled an attempt by armed men to take cadets hostage at an army-run college overnight. The overnight attack on the army-run college began on Monday evening, when a bomber tried to storm the cadet college in Wana, a city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province near the Afghan border.