At least 12 people were killed and several others injured in a suicide bombing outside a local court in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad on Tuesday, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said.

According to officials and state-run media, a powerful car bomb exploded at the entrance of the District Judicial Complex. The attacker, who attempted to enter the court building on foot, detonated the explosives near a police vehicle after waiting outside for 10 to 15 minutes, Naqvi told reporters at the site.

“We are investigating this incident from different angles. It is not just another bombing . It happened right in Islamabad,” the minister said.

A hospital source said some of the wounded were in critical condition. The blast occurred near the main entrance of the court complex, an area usually crowd

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