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Judge killed among 11 in a terror attack on session court Islamabad

Policemen collect evidence from the site of a bomb attack at the district court in Islamabad, March 3Islamabad court blastIslamabad blast Islamabad session court blastLahore: Additional session judge among 11 killed in a terror attack on the session courts in Islamabad today in the morning, dozens of people also injured in this incident too.Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Shahidullah Shahid has denied involvement in the attack.
According to the Police , some unidentified people armed with grenades an attacked at Lawyers chamber in F-8 Kachehri (session court) opened firing at in which four people died on the spot where as seven were succmbed to injuries while taking them to hospital .

“There was firing by two to three people followed by two suicide blasts which killed 11 people and wounded 24 others,” Islamabad police chief Sikandar Hayat told reporters.
“All the attackers fled though one sustained injuries in the leg and back.”

An AFP reporter at the scene saw blood and human remains in the court complex.

The death toll was confirmed by other police officials and the spokeswoman for the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Ayesha Isani.
Isani said 20 wounded had been brought to PIMS, half in a critical condition.

The Rangers personnel immediately reached the site and a search operation is underway. There are reports that the attackers are hiding in the same vicinity.Rubble, broken glass and charred human remains littered the site of the blast at the F8 market area as residents and police rushed around in bloodstained clothes.

Roads around the court, located in a well-heeled residential sector of the city popular with foreign residents, were sealed off as police and paramilitary forces carried out a search operation.

Chaos and fear gripped the area while casualties from the attack are feared to mount.
On the other hand, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Shahidullah Shahid has denied involvement in the attack.

The attack took place after the Taliban declared a one-month ceasefire over the weekend in order to pursue stalled peace negotiations with the government.

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