Five acquitted in capital district courts attack.

ISLAMABAD -- The district and sessions judge (DSJ) on Tuesday acquitted five suspects of the 2014 terrorist attack on the capital's district courts.

As many as 13 people, including additional district and sessions judge Rafaqat Awan, were killed and 29 others wounded during the gun and bomb attack in the district courts in F-8 sector.

DSJ Tahir Mehmood acquitted the suspects Jan Mohammad, Abdul Ghaffar, Qamar Zaman, Bismillah Jan and Jamroz. They allegedly facilitated the March 3, 2014 suicide attack on the district courts.

The case against them was registered with Margalla police station. The Supreme Court had also taken suo motu notice of the F-8 district court attack.

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