12 dead and 40 injured in Blast in Mardan, Pakistan

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It has been reported on early Friday morning that at least twelve people have been killed and forty wounded after a suicide bomber attacked a district court in Mardan.

The bomber threw hand grenades before detonating a suicide vest among the morning crowd at the court.

The blast comes three weeks after a massive suicide blast killed numerous lawyers in Quetta, Pakistan.

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.

Pakistan’s legal community are frequently the subject of targeted killings and small-scale attacks by militants, who are also known to hit soft targets such as schools.

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