"At least 12 people died in the blast at a district court complex, whose impact is now reverberating across South Asia, with Pakistan blaming Afghanistan and India. Islamabad, Pakistan At about 12:30pm (07:30 GMT) on Tuesday afternoon, Khalid Khan, a 25-year-old lawyer, was waiting for his lunch with his friend, Fawad Khan, at the cafeteria of Islamabad's District Judicial Complex. Suddenly, a loud boom shook the cafeteria and the entire judicial complex."
"According to official figures, at least 12 people were killed and more than 30 were injured, several of them critically, when the bomber blew himself up at the entrance of the court complex. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif blamed India-backed proxies operating from Afghanistan for carrying out the attack. India, where a car explosion on Monday evening killed at least 13 people, said that it unequivocally rejects the baseless and unfounded allegations being made by an obviously delirious Pakistani leadership."
A suicide bomber detonated at the entrance of Islamabad's District Judicial Complex around 12:30pm, producing a large blast that shook the cafeteria and entire complex. Official figures report at least 12 dead and more than 30 injured, several critically. A 25-year-old lawyer, Khalid Khan, described fearing the roof would collapse after the explosion. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif accused India-backed proxies operating from Afghanistan of carrying out the attack. India condemned the allegation as baseless and pointed to a recent car explosion that killed at least 13 people, while accusing Pakistan's leadership of using diversionary tactics amid constitutional controversy.
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