Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for twin bomb attacks on a training center of security forces in Charsadda.
Private TV channels reported that a Taliban spokesman called media outlets and claimed responsibility for the attacks on the main training center of Frontier Constabulary (FC), a militia force to maintain security in the country.
At least 87 people including more than 60 FC personnel were killed and over 100 others injured in two powerful blasts that took place early Friday morning at Frontier Constabulary building in Charsadda.
The bombing also left over 100 injured, besides destroying more than dozen vehicles and 20 shops. The attack took Place at about 6.10 a.m. time when a motorcycle and a horse cart, both laden with explosives, targeted the Frontier Corps training center in the Shabqadar area of the city.
At a time of bombing, newly-trained Paramilitary cadets were getting into buses and coaches for a 10-day leave after a training course, and they were wearing civilian clothes.