A suicide bomber killed at least 12 people and wounded 27 outside a court building in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad on Tuesday, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said.

The attack took place hours after a suicide bomber killed three people and militants stormed a military school in the country’s northwest.

There was no word yet on who was responsible for either attack.

The court bomber hit near the entrance of one of the lower courts in Islamabad at around lunch time, when the area is typically crowded.

Images on local media showed people covered in blood lying next to a police van. A vehicle was seen on fire and another car was badly damaged. Police cordoned off the site.

Naqvi said the bomber had tried to enter the court building on foot but detonated the device outside, close to a polic

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