Pakistani police say electrical short circuit caused deadly blasts in Swat Valley; rule out terror angle
The blast occurred on Monday at the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of the Kabal police station in Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Pakistani police officers. Image used for representational purpose PESHAWAR: Pakistani police on Tuesday ruled out a terror angle in the twin blasts which ripped through a counterterrorism facility in the country’s restive northwest on Monday that killed at least 17 people and injured 70 others, saying the explosions were caused by an electrical short-circuit. The blast occurred on Monday at the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of the Kabal police station in Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Those killed in the blast included a girl child, 12 policemen and four detained prisoners, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) CTD Khalid Suhail said Refuting initial claims of a suicide attack, Suhail said that arms and ammunition were stored in the CTD police station, and an explosion in the armoury likely caused the blasts. “There was a store ...