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Pakistan

12, including policemen martyred, 60 injured as massive blast rocks CTD police station in Swat

  • KP Inspector General of Police Akhtar Hayat Khan says security put on high alert across province
Published April 24, 2023 Updated April 25, 2023
Photo: AFP
Photo: AFP

At least 12 people, including policemen, were martyred and 60 others were injured in a massive blast in a Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) police station in Swat’s Kabal area on Monday, Aaj News reported.

As per initial reports, the powerful blast inside the police station destroyed the building and caused a power outage, the extent of which is yet to be determined.

Meanwhile, KP Inspector General of Police Akhtar Hayat Khan said security officials had been put on “high alert” throughout the province.

Talking to the media, DIG Malakand Nasir Mahmood Dasti said the blast in the CTD building was not a suicide attack as reported earlier.

“The blast took place in the old office of the depot in the stash of the ammunition,” the DIG said, adding that suspected negligence could have caused the blast.

Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah condemned the blast and expressed dismay over the loss of lives. “This scourge of terrorism will be uprooted soon,” he asserted.

KP’s caretaker chief minister Azam Khan also condemned the blast and ordered the IGP to submit a report within 24 hours.

The latest attack comes as Pakistan faces a rise in terrorism incidents, with militants targeting law enforcers in their new offensive. Security agencies have also ramped up operations against the terrorists.

It is a developing story and will be updated accordingly.

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Tulukan Mairandi Apr 24, 2023 10:20pm
At least they were honest, didn't say "gas leak"
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TimeToMovveOn Apr 25, 2023 02:59am
Well, this country and some commenters have delusions of their great nation. They should stick to the problems in their country rather than poke their noses at others. But as long as they poke their noses and live in delusions of granduer, these things will continue to happen.
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TimeToMovveOn Apr 25, 2023 04:00am
Hillary Clinton said to Pakistan Hima Rabbi Kaur, when you raise snakes in your back yard to bite your neighbors (India), one day they will turn against you. This blast is sad news, but it is the result of supporting years of terrorist outfits for the so-called Kashmir jihad.
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KhanRA Apr 25, 2023 05:16am
Was it the secularists? Gays? Hindus? Westerners? No. None of those groups are actually a threat to Pakistani society. This is the result of madrasas. They are the ones who give Pakistsm a bad name and threaten our lives with violence and extremism.
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