In Islamabad, 27 people were injured in a suicide bombing, Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said. Earlier reports indicated 12 dead and 20 wounded. This is reported by the BBC, writes UNN.
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According to Naqvi, the attacker tried to enter the district court building but failed and detonated a bomb near a police car. The 'Jamaat-ul-Ahrar' group, which split from the Pakistani 'Taliban', claimed responsibility for the attack.
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Two local journalists told the BBC that after speaking with leaders of the Pakistani 'Taliban', they denied involvement in the explosion. Before 'Jamaat-ul-Ahrar's' statement, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif blamed India for the incident, which has not yet responded.
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