(MENAFN) India has rejected Pakistani claims that it played a role in a suicide bombing outside a district court in Islamabad on Tuesday, which killed at least 12 people. The incident came a day after a separate explosion in Delhi that left more than a dozen dead.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif linked the Islamabad attack to recent violence across the country, labeling it one of the worst cases of “Indian state terrorism” in the region. He urged the international community to “condemn such nefarious conspiracies of India.”

Responding to the allegations, Indian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal dismissed them as “baseless and unfounded,” calling the Pakistani leadership “obviously delirious.” He added: “It is a predictable tactic to concoct false narratives against India in order to deflect attention of its own public. The international community is well aware of the reality and will not be misled by Pakistan’s desperate diversionary ploys.”

The Islamabad attack took place while the Sri Lankan cricket team, previously targeted in a 2009 armed assault in Pakistan, was playing a match in Rawalpindi, just 10 miles from the court complex.

Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif claimed the attack had been orchestrated from Afghanistan. “We are in a state of war,” he said. “Bringing this war to Islamabad is a message from Kabul, to which Pakistan has the full power to respond.”

India has not attributed responsibility for the Delhi explosion, which occurred near the historic Red Fort and killed 13 people while injuring over 20 others. Indian Home Minister Amit Shah stated that security agencies were investigating “all angles” and vowed to “hunt down each and every culprit behind this incident.”

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