According to hospital sources, at least 57 people — including three civilians — sustained injuries in the blast.
The explosion that rocked the cop shoppe, which reportedly occurred on the premises of the Counter Terrorism Department office, came hours after a raid by the CTD in Lakki Marwat resulted in the killing of three suspected turbans.
District Police Officer Swat
...a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistain, located 99 mi from Islamabad. It is inhabited mostly by Pashto speakers. The place has gone steadily downhill since the days when Babe Ruth was the Sultan of Swat...
Shafiullah stated that the blast took place at about 8:20pm inside the cop shoppe. However,
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the nature of the earth-shattering kaboom could not be independently confirmed by the time this report went to press.
However,
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speaking to media persons later at night, DIG Malakand Nasir Mehmood Satti said the incident was not a result of any terrorist activity or suicide kaboom
but "carelessness" as per the initial investigation. He said the earth-shattering kaboom occurred at a weapon storage facility inside an old office of the Counter Terrorism Department on the premises of the cop shoppe.The police officer, however, said a probe was still underway in light of emerging evidence.
20 TRAPPED UNDER RUBBLE
The blast, which shattered the roof of the cop shoppe, the CTD office, and a mosque located inside the station, was also followed by a fire. According to senior police officials, at least 20 coppers were trapped under the roof, which collapsed due to the intensity of the earth-shattering kaboom.
Imdad Khan, an injured policeman at Saidu Teaching Hospital (STH) said that he was inside the kitchen with other coppers when the powerful blast destroyed the building. "Portion of the kitchen building collapsed. A huge fire also erupted after the blast," he told Dawn, adding that he heard multiple blasts.
In a comment on the number of blasts, the DIG said since the earth-shattering kaboom occurred at the depot due to ammunition stored there, minor blasts also followed.
Emergency was declared in health facilities soon after the earth-shattering kaboom and Rescue 1122 teams rushed to the spot. Security was put on high alert following the earth-shattering kaboom and the area was cordoned off by law enforcement agencies.
Meanwhile,
...back at the the conspirators' cleverly concealed hideout Montefiore's foot was still stuck and the hound had completely soaked his uniform with slobber...
the Swat Olasi Pasoon announced a protest against the blast in Mingora today.
THREE KILLED IN LAKKI
Among the three slain faceless myrmidons was the alleged killer of a retired military officer who was rubbed out at his residence by gunnies on Sunday.
"A total of three faceless myrmidons including Nouman, who had targeted retired colonel Muqarab Khan, were bumped off in an exchange of fire at the house of a turban commander Zubair of the Tipu Gul group in Paharkhel Tal area within jurisdiction of Lakki Marwat cop shoppe," a senior CTD official disclosed.
The police said the ex-army officer, who had served in an intelligence agency, was receiving guests at his Hujra on the second day of Eidul Fitr when two unidentified gunnies entered the Hujra and fired at him.
Col Khan was killed while the gunnies who had held others in the Hujra hostage at gunpoint managed to escape from the scene, the officials said.
Law enforcement personnel attempted to chase the assailants but they sped away on a cycle of violence
towards Darga, a riverine forest.On Monday, the officials said, Bannu CTD personnel received information about a hideout of turbans. As they reached the hideout, the faceless myrmidons opened fire on them, they said, adding that it seemed around 10 heavily armed faceless myrmidons were well prepared for the encounter.
"Three turbans, including Nouman, were killed and another turban, Tehseenullah, sustained injuries," a senior CTD official said.
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he said, the CTD believed other faceless myrmidons had sustained injuries and could be present in the area terming it the reason why a search operation was launched in the area by police and the security forces.
The officials said Inspector Javed Iqbal and Constable Irfan of the CTD were seriously maimed and shifted to the Combined Military Hospital, Bannu, and Khalif Gulnawaz Hospital.
Senior CTD officials said that following the search operation, it was confirmed that an organised turban group was involved in the assassination of the retired military officer.