A suicide attack has killed at least 12 people near a court in the Pakistani capital
The UN Secretary-General has called for an investigation into the attack in Pakistan and the explosion in India on Monday.
A suicide bomber linked to a Pakistani Taliban group killed 12 people and injured 27 others this Tuesday in front of a courthouse in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan.
The attack took place one day after a vehicle exploded in New Delhi, the capital of India, killing eight people. Indian authorities continue to investigate the incident.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an investigation into the attack in Islamabad and the explosion in New Delhi on Monday.
The explosion in Islamabad took place in front of district courts in the capital's G-11 sector at rush hour.
According to Pakistan's Interior Minister, Mohsin Naqvi, the attacker tried to enter the courthouse, but failed to do so.
The President has ordered an investigation into the incident and has assured that those responsible will be brought to justice.
Pakistan's security forces have initially targeted Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the main Pakistani Taliban group.
Pakistan's Taliban spokesman, Mohammad Khorasani, later explained in a statement that the main branch of the TTP is not involved in the Islamabad explosion.
Hours later, a small group of Pakistani fundamentalists, known as Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA), have claimed responsibility for the attack through a statement released on the Ghazi Media Network.
According to the United Nations, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar acts as a dissident terrorist group belonging to the main TTP group in the Lalpura area of Nangarhar province in Afghanistan.
JuU was founded in August 2014 after the merger of TTP factions with Mohmand and Ahrar-ul-Hind.
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