Police in the Swat region of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province said that a police officer assigned to the security of a convoy of about a dozen foreign diplomats was killed and three others were injured in a bomb blast on Sunday.
Speaking to Independent Urdu, Swat Rescue 1122 spokesperson Shafiqa Gul confirmed the death of one policeman and the injuries of three personnel in the incident.
According to Rescue 1122, the injured personnel were shifted to Mangalore Hospital.
The incident took place within the limits of Malam Jabba Police Station, a popular tourist spot in Swat and frequented by tourists every day.
According to Malam Jabba Police Station SHO Javed Iqbal, all the foreign ambassadors were safe in the attack. The ambassador was on his way to attend a conference at the Pearl Continental Hotel in Malam Jabba. ‘
He said that he did not know definitively how many countries had ambassadors.
“We were told that there were VVIPs who were given regular security. These ambassadors came and went.’
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Swat Police spokesperson Moin Fayyaz said that ‘the nature of the explosion is being ascertained and a heavy police force has reached the scene.’
A delegation of ambassadors from 12 countries was on their way to Swat to attend a trade conference in Malam Jabba, an official from the office of the Swat District Superintendent of Police (DPO) said on condition of anonymity.
According to the official, these ambassadors belonged to Indonesia, Portugal, Kazakhstan, Herzegovina, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Turkmenistan, Vietnam, Iran, Bosnia, Russia and Tajikistan.
On this incident, the Foreign Office in Islamabad said in a statement that a group of diplomats who were returning from a visit to Malam Jabba and Swat today witnessed the incident.
According to the statement, an advance scout police vehicle was hit by an IED, resulting in the death of a policeman. The group of diplomats reached Islamabad safely.
“Our sympathies are with the families of the martyred policemen and the three injured in this incident.”
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur condemned the incident and sought a report from the top police officials.
A statement from the Chief Minister’s House said that Ali Amin Gandapur has condoled the death of a policeman.
According to the statement: ‘The families of the martyrs will be given full financial support and they will not be left alone.’
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2024-09-23 03:13:18
