A remote-controlled bomb ripped through a wedding party convoy on Friday, killing 14 people and wounding 13 others in the Matta tehsil of Swat district, hospital and police sources said. The bomb, which detonated in the Ronial Takh Maira area of the region, exploded around 4pm when the wedding party was travelling from Kandogai village to Pir Dar Baba village. The bride, four children aged between five and 12 years, and four bystanders died instantly. The injured, mostly children, were shifted to Saidu Sharif Hospital as well as a private hospital in Matta tehsil. Hospital sources said most of the injured were in critical condition. Security forces reached the scene soon after the blast and cordoned off the area, local police said. “There was a remote-controlled bomb explosion which targeted a wedding party. Two cars were destroyed including the car in which the bride was travelling, [and] she died,” local police officer Haroon Khan told AFP. Interior Ministry spokesman Brigadier Javed Cheema confirmed that the bomb had targeted the wedding party. He and an ISPR spokesman had earlier said that eight people were killed in the bombing. This was the first such incident after the completion of the largely peaceful parliamentary elections on February 18. None of the militant groups have accepted responsibility and police have not made any arrests thus far.