Three days after blasts at the Counter Terrorism Department’s (CTD) office in Swat, that claimed 17 lives, a Balochistan CTD official has been killed in an explosion targeting his vehicle.
The station house officer (SHO) of the Khuzdar Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) police station, identified as Sharbat Khan Umrani, was killed in a blast targeting his vehicle.
According to reports, the incident took place near Jhalawan Medical College located on the National Highway.
Dawn reported that the explosion took place when the official was on his way to work. A bomb was fitted in the slain CTD official’s vehicle.
The blast occurred on Monday at the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of the Kabal police station in Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. At least 17 people were killed in the blast, mostly policemen.
The cause of the blast is yet to be ascertained.
Following the blasts, citizens in Swat protested the rise in terrorism in the region.
Pakistan has witnessed a resurgence of terrorism with the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) targeting security officials particularly.
TTP is supported by the Taliban-led Afghan government.
In January, a blast in Peshawar mosque inside a police compound claimed the lives of more than 60 people. The TTP claimed responsibility for one of the deadliest blasts in the city. Last month a police station in Peshawar was also targeted, resulting in three deaths. Meanwhile, the day after the deadly Peshawar attack, Punjab police thwarted an attack on a police station in Mianwali.
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