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On 3 March 2014, gunmen attacked District Courts Complex in Sector F-8 of Islamabad, Pakistan. Eleven people were killed and twenty-five people were injured as a result of the attack.

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Islamabad court attack
Johar Road, Islamabad F-8

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Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan
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