Police: Suicide blast kills 7 outside Pakistani court

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A police official says a suicide bomber has attacked the entrance to a court in a northwestern Pakistan, killing seven people.

Ali Jan Khan says the Monday blast in the town of Shabqadar also wounded another 15 people. He says two police officers are included among the dead.

No one has claimed responsibility, but suspicion is likely to fall on the local Taliban branch, which has been waging a war against the state for over a decade.