In the neighboring city of Peshawar, one bystander was killed and three members of Pakistani security forces were injured earlier in the day in an attack on a Christian neighborhood, according to the Pakistan’s military.
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Army spokesman Lt. General Asim Bajwa said they have arrested over 300 ISIS-linked militants from the area.
The suicide bomber attempted to reach the court’s bar room, where several lawyers had congregated – but was shot by police before he could enter, Mr Khan said.
Earlier today four suicide bombers were trying to attack a Christian settlement in Peshawar, but were repelled by the army. Out of the two suicide bombers, police stopped one militant outside the church and detonated there.
In the exchange of fire between gunmen and security forces one civilian and two suspected terrorists were killed, the daily said.
Most of the casualties were from a suicide bombing at a district court in the town of Mardan that killed 12 people and wounded 54 others. Some of the 52 wounded were critically injured, Ghani said.
The group claiming responsibility is Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a Taliban splinter group. He instructed civilians to stay away from “un-Islamic courts” and other law enforcement establishments because these places will be their next targets. The group’s spokesman, Ehsanullah Ehsan, promised more attacks in a statement sent to Reuters.
The blasts, claimed by Jamaatul Ahrar (JA), a breakaway faction of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), came just hours after an attack on a Christian colony in Peshawar which resulted in the death of a security guard. Hindus, Ahmadiyya and Christians Community are the minorities in Pakistan that are often the targets of religiously motivated attacks in the country.
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Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemned the attacks in a statement released by his office. Sec forces Promptly responded, all 4 suicide bombers killed.
