At least 11 killed in suicide attack on Pakistani court

A group of armed men, including two suicide attackers, stormed a court complex in the Pakistani capital on Monday in a rare terror attack in the heart of Islamabad that killed 11 people and wounded dozens. Most of the victims are lawyers, and two judges are among the dead.

 

Authorities say one of the lower courts in Islamabad’s secure judicial complex was in session when three gunmen wearing suicide vests burst into the room.

 

Witnesses say the attackers lobbed hand grenades into the crowd and sprayed people with bullets before blowing themselves up. The explosions sent lawyers and judges in the surrounding chambers and offices running in fear.

A visibly shaken man said the gunmen fired indiscriminately and hundreds of bullets also crossed through a temporary wall, striking people in the adjoining chamber.

A spokesman for Islamabad