BREAKING NEWS! Pakistan blast at court leaves several dead in Mardan

A suicide bomber has attacked a court in the northern Pakistani city of Mardan, killing at least 10 people and injuring 30, officials say.

The attacker threw a hand grenade before detonating a bomb and running into the court area, authorities told the BBC.

Civilians and attorneys, police officers are said to be one of the dead.

Also four suicide bombers targeted a Christian neighbourhood near Peshawar.

Both attacks happened in north Pakistan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

No group has said it carried out the assault on the courthouse, but Taliban faction Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claimed the assault on the district that was Christian.

Militants have targeted attorneys including a bomb attack in Quetta last month that killed 18 attorneys, before. That attack was also claimed by Jamaat-ul-Ahrar.