SWAT: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police have concluded that an electrical short circuit at a munitions warehouse caused the twin blasts that killed several people in Swat’s Kabal town.
Nine officers, three civilians, and five newly captured militants who were being investigated died on Monday. 70 people, mostly cops, hurt.
The KP caretaker administration appointed a two-member fact-finding team on Tuesday to probe the event.
In Kabal, KP police chief Akhtar Hayat Khan told reporters that rocket-propelled grenades, mines, and other armaments recovered in different instances and housed in the warehouse exploded due to short circuit.
Mr. Khan stated these explosives hit houses 400 metres away. The police lines mosque had a roof hole from a missile.
He stated there was no forced entrance at the facility’s gate or pellets in the victims’ post-mortem results. The entry was unshot.
Moreover, Mr Khan stated the police station rocked by two explosions 12 minutes apart at 8:20pm and 8:32pm.
He stated the police would investigate the situation objectively and from all sides. He also indicated the police would secure any documents kept elsewhere.
Committee
Muhammad Abid Majeed and Saqib Ismail Memon are on the province government’s fact-finding committee.
The committee must give a complete report on the incident.
Muhammad Azam Khan, KP’s caretaker chief minister, said the event under investigation.
The KP police chief, Peshawar’s corps commander, the Frontier Corps inspector general, and the chief secretary visited the facility earlier Tuesday.
Mr. Khan, the police head, also prayed for the slain cops and laid wreaths on their coffins.
While, Rescue 1122 spokeswoman Shafiqa Gul said 13 remains had been returned to their hometowns on the second day, with 100 employees and heavy machinery.
Swat protests
Meanwhile, hundreds protested the explosions in Kabal and Swat capital Mingora.
Swat Quami Jirga organised the Mingora demonstration, while Swat Olasi Pasoon (Swat Public Uprising) organised the Kabal Bazaar protest.
