"A suicide bomber struck outside the gates of a district court in Islamabad on Tuesday, detonating his explosives next to a police car and killing 12 people, Pakistan's interior minister said. The attack was the latest in an uptick of violence across the country. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the explosion, which also wounded at least 27 people, but Pakistan has struggled over the past months with a resurgent Pakistani Taliban."
"Earlier reports by Pakistani state-run media and two security officials said a car bomb had caused the explosion. The attacker tried to "enter the court premises but, failing to do so, targeted a police vehicle," Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi told reporters. He refrained from blaming any militant group but added that authorities are "looking into all aspects" of the attack. Naqvi said police investigators also confirmed the blast was caused by a suicide bomber."
A suicide bomber detonated explosives next to a police car outside a district court in Islamabad, killing 12 people and wounding at least 27. The blast occurred when courts are typically crowded with hundreds of visitors and was heard miles away. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said the attacker tried to enter court premises but, failing to do so, targeted a police vehicle; investigators confirmed a suicide bomber caused the blast. Overnight, security forces foiled a militant attempt to take cadets hostage at an army-run college in Wana, where a suicide car bomber and five attackers targeted the facility; authorities blamed the Pakistani Taliban, which denied involvement.
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