Peshawar: At least 17 people were martyred and more than 50 others were injured in two explosions at a Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) police station in Swat's area Kabal that occured on Monday evening.
Among the martyrs, four were civilians while 12 were policemen. The hospital administration said that 10 out of the 51 people injured are in critical condition.
Initial investigation suggests that the primary reason behind the blast was a short circuit in the ammunition depot.
CTD DIG Khalid Sohail, while speaking to media persons, said that ammunition caught fire due to negligence. He also ruled out the possibility that the explosions were suicide attacks or other acts of terrorism.
"There was a store where we had a huge quantity of weapons, and until now we believe that there might have been some blast in it due to some carelessness," he said.