Bhubaneswar: A day after a blast near Red Fort Metro Station in Delhi, at least 12 people were killed and several others were injured in an explosion outside a court building in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad on Tuesday afternoon.

According to reports, the blast occurred near the entrance of Islamabad district court, which usually bustles with visitors. Those injured were mostly people who had arrived at the court for hearings. Several vehicles parked outside the court were also damaged. ADVERTISEMENT

Local media suggested that a gas cylinder might have exploded inside a car in the courthouse parking lot. “We are probing what kind of blast it was. It is not clear yet. We will be able to provide more details after we get a report from our forensic team,” Al Jazeera reported, quoting a poli

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