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3 Killed in Pakistan Court Complex

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  • Security officials inspect the site of bomb blast in a judicial compound in Peshawar, Pakistan, March 18, 2013.
  • A man carries a wounded person after a suicide bombing attack on a court complex in Peshawar, March 18, 2013.
  • Rescue workers carry the covered body parts of a suspected suicide bomber at the site of bomb blast in a judicial compound in Peshawar, March 18, 2013.
  • Pakistani soldiers march toward the site of a suicide bomb blast in a judicial compound in Peshawar, March 18, 2013.

Officials in northwest Pakistan say at least one suicide bomber and several gunmen have attacked a judicial complex, killing three people and wounding about two dozen others.

Authorities say the gunmen exchanged fire Monday with security forces at the complex in Peshawar.

There has been no immediate claim of responsibility.

Peshawar is located on the border of Pakistan's semi-autonomous tribal region, the main sanctuary for Taliban militants who have been waging an insurgency against the government. The militants and their allies have carried out scores of bombings in Peshawar.

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