Peshawar:
Two explosions rocked a counter-terrorism office in northwest Pakistan on Monday, killing at least eight people and injuring several others, police said.
Provincial police chief Akhtar Hayat said it was not yet clear what caused the explosion in northwestern Swat Valley, which was long controlled by Islamist militants before being driven out in a military operation in 2009.
Hayat said there was an old store of ammunition in the office, and police are probing whether this was the cause of the blast or whether it was an insurgent attack. No one has taken responsibility so far.
Hayat said most of those killed were police counter-terrorism officers.
The regional hospital administration said it received several injured people, some of them in critical condition.
Live TV footage showed rescue officials and police taking the injured to hospital.
Rescue officer Shafika Gul said it was an old building and parts of it had completely collapsed. “We fear there could be more casualties,” she said.
Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said police and other law enforcement agencies were investigating to ascertain the cause of the blasts.
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