SWAT: An initial investigation conducted by the police suggests that the primary reason behind the two explosions at a Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) police station in Swat was a short circuit in the ammunition depot.
“No evidence of an attack from outside has been found,” the police claimed in the preliminary investigation report prepared after the blast rocked CTD police station in Swat’s Kabal a day earlier.
The police confirmed that at least 17 people were killed and more than 50 people were injured due to the explosion and are currently under treatment.
“There is a high possibility that the blast was caused by a short circuit as fire erupted in the armoury [a place where weapons are kept],” the police report stated.
CTD DIG Khalid Sohail, while speaking to media persons, said that ammunition caught fire due to negligence. He revealed that the incident took place in the old office of the CTD.
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.
Sohail said the shock waves caused “the complete collapse of the building”.
