At least 12 people, including a police officer, were killed in a horrific twin bomb blast at a police station in Pakistan. More than fifty others were injured in this incident.
According to the report of the influential media of Pakistan, Dawn, the explosion took place in an office of the counter-terrorism branch of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial police yesterday at around 8:30 pm.
Provincial police said that most of the injured were members of the police`s criminal investigation department. However, a woman and her baby also died in the explosion. They were passing by the building when the explosion occurred. Three civilians were there among the injured.
Police officials differed on whether the twin bomb blasts at the Kabal police station in Swat Valley were a suicide bombing or an explosive device kept at the police`s criminal investigation department.
Provincial Police Chief Akhtar Hayat said that there were some old explosives in the basement of that building. An explosion can also occur from there. It could also be a terrorist attack.
Imdad Khan, one of the injured police officers, told the Pakistani media The Dawn that three buildings collapsed in the incident. Then there was a fire. Stating that he was in the kitchen with some colleagues at the time of the incident, Imdad said that he heard two explosions.
The provincial police said that many people were buried under the rubble of the explosion. They were rescued and taken to a local hospital there. The provincial government has declared a state of emergency in other nearby hospitals.
