Suspected suicide bombing at police station kills 17 in Pakistan, officials say
PESHAWAR/DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan, Aug 3 (Reuters) - At least 17 people were killed in a suspected suicide bombing outside a police station in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, a rescue group and a regional police official said, as the country battles widening insurgencies. The explosion took place in the Kabal area of Swat, a district in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. A pro-police…
A suspected suicide bombing occurred outside a police station in the Kabal area of Swat, a district in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on Sunday. At least 17 people were killed, including seven police officers and 10 civilians, according to a regional police official.
The Daily Maverick reported that at least 34 people were wounded in the explosion. A rescue official stated that the death toll rose to 17 from 14 after three victims died in hospital. One of the dead was believed to be the suicide bomber, according to Fida Hussain, a regional police official.
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan militant Islamist group claimed responsibility for the attack, as per the Daily Maverick. Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif expressed "deep grief and sorrow over the suicide blast". An operation was launched to arrest anyone who may have assisted in the attack.
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