Dozen dead in Pakistan car blast media

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11 Nov 2025, 14:58 GMT+10

At least 12 people have been killed after a vehicle exploded in Islamabad, according to reports

An explosion in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, has left at least a dozen people dead, local media reported on Tuesday. The incident is said to have occurred outside a court building.

The police suspect a gas cylinder explosion, but no official attribution or claim of responsibility has been made public so far, local news outlet Dawn reports.

A spokesperson for the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital has told CNN that 12 people were killed and 20 were injured in the blast.

A security source also told the outlet that the explosion near Islamabad's High Court is being investigated as a suicide attack.

While it is still unclear who was involved in the incident, Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has linked the blast to Afghanistan. In a post on X, he stated that the "suicide attack" on the Islamabad District Court is a "wake-up call" that the conflict in the Afghan-Pakistan border region of Blochistan is "a war for all of Pakistan."

"The rulers of Kabul can stop terrorism in Pakistan, but bringing this war all the way to Islamabad is a message from Kabul, to which - praise be to God - Pakistan has the full strength to respond," he said.

(RT.com)

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