A suicide bomb attack in a court in the northern Pakistani city of Mardan has left at least 11 people dead and injuring 30.

The attacker had thrown a hand grenade before running into the court area and detonating a bomb, according to the Police

Four suicide bombers have also targeted a Christian neighbourhood near Peshawar before being shot dead.Both attacks took place in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and were claimed by Taliban faction Jamaat-ul-Ahrar.

Militants have targeted lawyers in prior occasions,including a bomb attack in Quetta last month that killed 18 lawyers, which include a bomb attack in Quetta last month that killed 18 lawyers which was also claimed by Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (militant Sunni Islamic group that split away from the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan in August 2014).

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