In Pakistan, a suicide bomber struck a court complex in Peshawar on Thursday, killing 16 people and injuring nearly 30 others. The bomber, described by witnesses as a youth in his twenties, blew him up when he was stopped by policemen guarding the gate of the Judicial Complex on Khyber Road within Peshawar cantonment. The cantonment is a high-security area as the residence of the local army Corps Commander, the provincial assembly and offices of provincial ministers are located nearby. Sixteen bodies and 28 injured people were brought to the Lady Reading Hospital. Three policemen were among the dead. Police cordoned off the area and briefly blocked the Khyber Road as ambulances ferried bodies and the injured to hospital. Officials of the bomb disposal squad said eight to 10 kg of explosives was used in the attack. Several cars and motorcycles were destroyed by the blast. This was the fifth terrorist attack in Peshawar this month. Hundreds of people have died in a series of suicide attacks and bombings in cities across Pakistan since October. Nearly 120 people were killed in a car bomb attack on a busy market in Peshawar last month.