8 policemen killed, dozens injured in Pakistan bomb attack

2 blasts destroy police station in Swat, rescuers trying to pull out survivors from debris, says state media

By Riyaz ul Khaliq

ISTANBUL (AA) – At least eight policemen have been killed and 57 more wounded in a bomb attack in Pakistan’s Swat valley, local media reported on Monday.

The attack happened at around 8.20 p.m. local time (1520GMT) at a police station in Swat, which lies in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according to a report by daily Dawn.

State-run Radio Pakistan said two blasts occurred at a Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) police station in Swat.

It said the “intensity destroyed the entire building” and rescuers are trying to pull out people from the debris.

Shafiullah Gandapur, a police official, told Dawn that it was a suicide attack.

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