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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Evan Michael Clerigo

Breakaway Taliban Faction Claims Responsibility for Islamabad Suicide Bombing That Killed 12

Suicide Bombing in District Judicial Complex Islamabad, Pakistan. (Credit: X Formerly Twitter / @TridentxIN)

A breakaway faction of the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) has claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide bombing in Pakistan's capital on Tuesday that killed 12 people and wounded at least 27 others outside a crowded district court in Islamabad, marking one of the deadliest attacks in the city in recent years.

The bombing thrust Pakistan's internal security crisis back into the spotlight, even as immediate internal militant divisions surfaced regarding the claim.

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