Pakistan: 6 killed, several injured in multiple blasts outside court in Charsadda

At least six people have been killed and several injured in multiple blasts outside a local court in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Charsadda district. Charsadda is approximately 30km away from Peshawar.

The bombers opened fire inside the court premises and threw hand grenades, the Dawn reported.

At least one of the explosions was a suicide blast. One attacker exploded when police fired at him, it added.

The terrorists first opened fire and then hurled hand grenades while trying to enter the court premises.

"A major tragedy was prevented as terrorists were stopped from entering the court," Geo News quoted Ijaz Khan, DIG Marda, as saying.

A similar attack in March, 2016, killed at least 16 and injured more than 20 when a suicide bomber hit the gates of a local court building in Shabqadar district, Charsadda.

Pakistan has been hit by a string of militant bombings and suicide attacks over the past 10 days, killing more than 100 people and wounding hundreds.

On February 13, suicide bombers targeted Lahore killing 13 people. The attack came just days after over 90 people were killed in suicide bombing at Lal Shahbaz Qalandar Sufi shrine in Sindh province.

Pakistani media reported that security forces launched a massive crackdown on terrorist organisations following the sufi shrine blast killing and arresting many militants.

However, it was unclear whether the new crackdown targeted terror groups like the Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba. Critics have accused Pakistan in past crackdowns of sparing militant groups that do not attack on Pakistani soil.

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