Three dead in suicide attack in Pakistan AT least three people have been killed by a suicide bomber and militant gunmen at a court complex in northwest Pakistan. Several gunmen and two bombers stormed the crowded complex in the city of Peshawar on Monday, less than two months before expected national elections. One suicide bomber blew himself up in the court of an additional sessions judge. The other was shot dead by police," said senior police officer Masood Khan Afridi. It was an act of terrorism and the target was the judicial complex. Three civilians were killed and 30 people wounded, four of them police officials," he added. We have cleared the whole area and a combing operation is continuing. Afridi denied reports that some judges and lawyers were being held hostage inside the courts. There are no hostages. I have just come back from the site of the attack," he said. The nuclear-armed country of 180 million is due to elect new leaders by mid-May. But Taliban attacks and record levels of violence against the Shi'ite Muslim minority have raised fears about security for the polls. "Terrorists have attacked at a time when general elections are very near and the atmosphere for election is smooth," said the information minister for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Mian Iftikhar Hussain. It could be an attempt to disturb the peaceful atmosphere but elections should never be postponed. Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Saturday hailed parliament's historic completion of a full term in office as a victory for democracy as he gave his farewell address to the nation. The polling date has yet to be announced but officials say the election commission has recommended early May.