14 killed, 58 wounded in Pakistan court blast

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An injured person who survived a militant attack, rests at a hospital in Mardan, Pakistan on Sept 2. Northwestern Pakistan was struck by two separate militant attacks on Friday, when gunmen wearing suicide vests stormed a Christian colony near the town of Peshawar, killing one civilian, and a suicide bomb attack on a district court in the town of Mardan. (AP)
An injured person who survived a militant attack, rests at a hospital in Mardan, Pakistan on Sept 2. Northwestern Pakistan was struck by two separate militant attacks on Friday, when gunmen wearing suicide vests stormed a Christian colony near the town of Peshawar, killing one civilian, and a suicide bomb attack on a district court in the town of Mardan. (AP)

MARDAN, Pakistan, Sept 2, (AFP): At least 14 people were killed and 58 wounded after a suicide bomber attacked a court in the Pakistani city of Mardan Friday, police said, the latest assault targeting Pakistan’s legal community.

The bomber shot his way through the main gate leading to the district court, before throwing a hand grenade and detonating his suicide vest among the morning crowds, senior police official Ejaz Khan told reporters. “Our morale is not dented. It is still high,” he added.

Nasir Khan Durrani, provincial police chief, told AFP the death toll had reached 14, with at least 58 people wounded, three of whom were critical.

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