{
  "id": 81771,
  "title": "Suspected suicide bombing at police station kills 17 in Pakistan, officials say",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/suspected-suicide-bombing-at-police-station-kills-17-in-pakistan-81771",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-03T10:46:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
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    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/08/suspected-suicide-bombing-police-station-kills-17-pakistan-officials-say"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "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.\n\nThe 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.\n\nThe 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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      {
        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
        "title": "Suspected suicide bombing at police station kills 17 in Pakistan, officials say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/suspected-suicide-bombing-at-police-station-kills-17-in-pakistan",
        "published": "2026-08-03T09:16:59.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}