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| Swat blasts linked to short circuit at armoury | |
| 2023-04-26 | |
...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... were caused by electrical short circuit at a munitions warehouse within the premises, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa police have found in a preliminary investigation, ruling out a turban attack, as initially suggested. The number of deaths from the Monday incident has risen to 17 — nine officers, three civilians and five recently detained hard boyz who were being held there for investigation. Besides, 70 people were maimed, mostly coppers. On Tuesday, the KP caretaker government formed a two-member fact-finding committee to investigate the incident. In Kabal, KP police chief Akhtar Hayat Khan told news hounds that the blasts happened after rocket-propelled grenades, mines and other arms seized in different cases and stored in the warehouse had gone off due to short circuit. Mr Khan said that fragments from these explosives struck buildings as far as 400 metres away. A projectile also hit the police lines mosque, leaving a hole in its roof. He said that there was neither any evidence of forced entry at the facility’s gate nor were pellets found in the victims’ post-mortem reports. Besides, no shots were fired at the entrance. The two explosions rocked the cop shoppe with an interval of 12 minutes, with the first blast taking place at 8:20pm and the second at 8:32pm, he said. However, those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things... he said the police would investigate the matter with an open mind and consider all angles during the investigation. Besides, the police would work to secure such material stored in other areas as well, he said. | |
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