Suicide bomber kills 14 outside police station in Pakistan’s Swat

Explosion took spot adjacent assemblage rallying against a surge successful unit successful northwestern Pakistan.

A termination bomber has killed astatine slightest 14 radical and wounded others extracurricular a constabulary presumption successful Pakistan’s Swat Valley, striking a assemblage that had gathered to protest.

The bombing happened connected Sunday evening successful Kabal, a municipality successful the vale successful Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, adjacent the borderline with Afghanistan.

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According to Swat District Police Officer (DPO) Umar Khan, the termination bomber detonated explosives aft constabulary unit attempted to halt and hunt him astatine the entranceway of the constabulary station.

Swat Deputy Inspector General of Police Fida Hussain said astatine slightest 22 radical were wounded.

The blast occurred adjacent hundreds of radical who had gathered astatine a adjacent intersection to request authorities enactment against the region’s escalating violence.

The blast tore done the assemblage arsenic the last talker was addressing the gathering, sending panicked residents fleeing the scene.

Khan said that information forces had cordoned disconnected the country and opened an investigation.

The wounded were taken to a infirmary successful the adjacent metropolis of Saidu Sharif, immoderate successful captious condition, portion constabulary carried retired a hunt cognition successful the area.

Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi condemned the attack, issuing a connection extending condolences to the families of those killed and prayers for the speedy betterment of the wounded.