Bomber Kills 15 in Pakistan Courtroom
Feb 17, 7:37 AM (ET)By ABDUL SATTAR
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bomber killed 15 people - including a judge - after blowing himself up inside a courtroom in a southwestern Pakistani province that has seen intense civil conflict for years, police said.
Elsewhere, authorities announced the arrests of three people who they accused of planning similar attacks.
It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack at the District Courts complex in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province. At least 24 people were wounded in the suicide attack, said Jam Mohammed Yousaf, the top elected official the province.
He said a civil judge, five lawyers and some of the relatives of prisoners on trial were among those killed.
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QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bomber killed 15 people - including a judge - after blowing himself up inside a courtroom in a southwestern Pakistani province that has seen intense civil conflict for years, police said.
Elsewhere, authorities announced the arrests of three people who they accused of planning similar attacks.
It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack at the District Courts complex in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province. At least 24 people were wounded in the suicide attack, said Jam Mohammed Yousaf, the top elected official the province.
He said a civil judge, five lawyers and some of the relatives of prisoners on trial were among those killed.
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