At least 12 killed in blasts at Pakistan counter terrorism office

Two explosions have rocked a counter terrorism facility in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 12 people and injuring more than 50 others, police said.

Sharifullah Khan, a police official in Kabal, told Al Jazeera that at least 12 people died in the blasts on Monday at the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province’s Swat Valley while more than 50 were reported injured.

The building complex also houses the Kabal district police station and headquarters of a reserve police force, but the main damage was done at the counter-terrorism department building.

Provincial police chief Akhtar Hayat said there was an old ammunition store in the office, and police were probing whether that caused the explosions or if it was an attack.

Two attacks on large police bases have been linked to the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) since the start of the year.

(Aljazeera)