Three bombers, two officers dead in attack at Pakistani court

Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Five people are dead and at least 10 injured after three suicide bombers attempted to attack a local court in Pakistan on Tuesday, emergency officials said.

The three attackers threw grenades and fired guns while trying to enter the court complex in the Charsadda district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan.

The three militants entered the court, where one blew himself up near the entrance. The other two started throwing grenades and shooting indiscriminately at people. Police engaged in a 30-minute shootout, killing the other two attackers before they detonated their bombs.

The Taliban splinter group Jamaat-ul-Ahraar claimed credit for the attack, which resulted in the deaths of two police officers and injury of at least 10 people.

More than 100 people have been killed in terror attacks in Pakistan in the past two weeks, and Pakistani forces have struck back, killing dozens of militants in an attempt to stem the militant tide.