At least 15 policemen were injured, two of them seriously, in an explosion inside a police station in northwestern Pakistan. The evening explosion on September 26 took place in the arms storage of the police station in Swabi district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, one officer told RFE/RL by phone. But another officer, who was at the scene, said the number of injured policemen could be as high as 30. There was no claim of responsibility. In April 2023, 17 people were killed in two explosions inside the office of the counterterrorism police in the Swat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The province has experienced a rise in attacks tied to Islamic militarism.
At Least 15 Injured In Blast Inside Police Station In Pakistan
Soldiers stand stand guard along a street in a town in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. (file photo)