Two killed in suicide attack on vehicle of Peshawar judges

At least two persons have reportedly been killed and many others injured, including a District and Sessions judge Asif Jadoon and three other female members of the judiciary after a suicide attack on a vehicle carrying civil judges in the upscale Hayatabad area of Peshawar.

Geo News quoted the police, as saying that an explosion occurred near the Hayatabad Medical Complex after a government vehicle was hit by a suicide bomber who was riding a motorcycle.

Injured were sent to nearby hospitals.

Confirming that it was a suicide attack, SSP Operation Peshawar Sajjad Khan said that body parts of the bomber had been recovered.

The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan has reportedly claimed responsibility for the attack.

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