attack in the capital
\n ISLAMABAD
\nA suicide attack outside the judicial complex housing the Islamabad district and sessions courts on Tuesday killed 12 people and injured at least 36, including four women and four policemen. It was the first such attack in the capital in nearly three years.
\nThe blast occurred as Islamabad was hosting several international eve\u00adnts, including the Inter-Parliamentary Spea\u00adkers\u2019 Conference and the 6th Margalla Dialogue, while a tri-nation cricket series featuring Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe is underway, with a match in Rawalpindi on Tuesday.
\nOfficials said the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had claimed responsibility for the suicide attack. Police said a lone bomber blew himself up at the main entrance to the complex, located in the G-11 sector, after failing in repeated attempts to enter the premises, where hundreds of litigants and lawyers were present. \u2014 DNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
attack in the capital ISLAMABAD A suicide attack outside the judicial complex housing the Islamabad district and sessions courts on Tuesday killed 12 people and injured at least 36, including four women and four policemen. It was the first such attack in the capital in nearly three years. The blast occurred as Islamabad was hosting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-514158","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n