Suicide bombers hit court in Pakistan, at least four killed - police

Record ID: 275654

  • Title: Suicide bombers hit court in Pakistan, at least four killed - police
  • Date: 21st February 2017
  • Summary: CHARSADDA, PAKISTAN (FEBRUARY 21, 2017) (REUTERS) POLICE AT BLAST SITE POLICE CONTINGENT ARRIVING AT BLAST SITE POLICE CORDON OUTSIDE COURT GRENADE LYING ON GROUND VARIOUS OF PEOPLE AND POLICE HOLDING GUNS
  • Embargoed: 7th March 2017 08:21
  • Keywords: Pakistan Charsadda complex suicide attack court
  • Location: CHARSADDA, PAKISTAN
  • City: CHARSADDA, PAKISTAN
  • Country: Pakistan
  • Topics: Bombing (non-military),Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA00164GQCZP
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS SOME CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL
    Suicide bombers attacked a court complex in Pakistan on Tuesday (February 21), killing at least four people, officials said, in the latest incident in a new surge of Islamist violence.
    A spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban's Jamaat-ur-Ahrar faction claimed responsibility for the attack in the northwestern town of Charsadda.
    The district administration said at least four people were killed. A witness told Reuters he had seen "many" dead bodies at the scene.
    A string of bombings in Pakistan over the past 10 days has killed more than 100 people.
    District police chief Sohail Khalid said at least one of the attackers blew himself up and another opened fire at the main entrance of the court compound before they were shot and killed.
    Jamaat-ur-Ahrar spokesman Asad Mansoor claimed responsibility the attack in a message to journalists. He said fighting was still going on at the court.
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