(UDHAYAM, ISLAMABAD) – At least 7 people have been killed and several more injured in 2 separate suicide attacks in north-western Pakistan.
In the first, 5 people died when 2 suicide bombers targeted a government compound in the Mohmand tribal region.
3 of the dead belonged to a tribal police force, while 2 were said to be civilians.
A faction of the Pakistani Taliban, Jamaat-ur-Ahrar, said it was behind the bloodshed.
In the 2nd attack yesterday (15th Wednesday), a bomber on a motorbike rammed a government van carrying four judges in the city of Peshawar.
The driver and a pedestrian bystander were killed, and the four judges were injured. They have been transferred to a nearby hospital.